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The deal adds one of the U.S. government’s most important propulsion, space and missile system suppliers to industry’s self-titled trusted disruptor.
Given its mission and criticality, execution speed will enable MDA to make a down-select and award a production contract so NGI can be fielded before it’s needed.
Northrop Grumman has conducted the first full-scale propellant mix for its Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) solid rocket motors (SMR).
The rapidly increasing tempo of North Korean missile tests underscores the importance of a viable homeland missile defense. On Oct. 3, Pyongyang conducted its 39th ballistic missile test of the year—the eighth since just last week. The most recent shot flew right over Japan and traveled so far that it could have reached the U.S. territory of Guam.
You wouldn't know it from the lack of headlines, but the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency recently made history with something that should help make all Americans safer. Specifically, they successfully shot down an intercontinental-range ballistic missile using the Navy's Standard Missile SM-3 Block IIA interceptor launched from a Navy destroyer. Missile defense is nothing new, of course. The U.S. has had one for years. But until now, we've tested its ability to defend the homeland from incoming missile attacks only with the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system.