
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded both Northrop Grumman [NOC] and RTX [RTX] another $54 million to fund further concept refinement for their hypersonic defense Glide Phase Intercept (GPI) concepts. In 2021, MDA first awarded the companies $19 million to $21 million to develop and refine GPI concepts to help defend U.S. forces from hypersonic missiles (Defense Daily, Nov. 22, 2021). The latest modifications, awarded Nov. 15, awards about $52.5 million to both companies. This raises the total value of…