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NGI Designs Pass Initial Review Early

Monday, December 20th, 2021

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NGI Designs Pass Initial Review Early

A long-range Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. In a flight test of a three-stage booster rocket operating in a two-stage mode in 2021. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The two teams competing to develop and produce the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) passed the Systems Requirements Review (SRR) phase ahead of schedule. Last March, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) selected two teams led by Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] to conduct initial technology development and risk reduction work for the NGI, which seeks to improve and replace current ground-based interceptors as part of the U.S.-based Ground-based Midcourse Defense system (Defense Daily, March 23). MDA is pushing to…

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