{"id":23462,"date":"2020-08-03T21:31:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T21:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/03\/lockheed-dives-into-next-generation-missile-defense-interceptor-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:00:43","slug":"lockheed-dives-into-next-generation-missile-defense-interceptor-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2020\/08\/03\/lockheed-dives-into-next-generation-missile-defense-interceptor-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed dives into next-generation missile defense interceptor competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Lockheed Martin said it will compete to build the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2020\/04\/24\/pentagon-releases-request-for-proposals-on-next-generation-interceptor\/\" target=_blank>Missile Defense Agency\u2019s Next-Generation Interceptor<\/a> designed to protect the homeland against intercontinental ballistic missile threats from North Korea and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company is \u201cexcited to confirm that we are putting in a bid for the Next-Generation Interceptor,\u201d Sarah Reeves, Lockheed\u2019s vice president of missile defense programs, told reporters Aug. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bids were due July 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2020\/05\/04\/northrop-raytheon-team-on-next-gen-interceptor-bid\/\" target=_blank>Raytheon-Northrop Grumman team<\/a> have already announced their intentions to compete to develop and field the agency\u2019s new interceptor following the cancellation of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle meant to replace the warhead on the current Ground-Based Interceptors. Those missiles are part of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System, which is operational at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RKV program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/05\/28\/pentagon-hits-pause-on-redesign-of-critical-homeland-missile-defense-component\/\" target=_blank>was paused in May 2019<\/a> and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/08\/21\/dod-tanks-redesigned-kill-vehicle-program-for-homeland-defense-interceptor\/\" target=_blank>abruptly terminated in August 2019<\/a> due to insurmountable technical issues resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2020\/07\/23\/canceled-missile-defense-warheads-cost-tripled-schedule-slipped-despite-numerous-warnings-gao-finds\/\" target=_blank>delayed schedules and cost increases<\/a>. The Defense Department announced at the time that it would embark on an entirely new program to field a future interceptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MDA now plans to downselect to two companies, which will then compete for the right to build the interceptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/federal-budget\/2020\/02\/11\/mdas-fy21-budget-paves-way-for-new-homeland-missile-defense-plans\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/missile-defense.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">MDA\u2019s FY21 budget paves way for new homeland missile defense plans<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">MDA&#039;S FY21 budget request envisions using regional missile defense assets for a layered ballistic missile defense of the homeland.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While MDA struggled with RKV, Lockheed invested  the last two decades on multi-kill vehicle technology,\u201d Reeves said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed had one of three small contracts to design a kill vehicle that could take out multiple warheads several years ago that would lead to a program that would replace the RKV called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2015\/11\/24\/contractors-complete-key-multi-object-kill-vehicle-program-review\/\" target=_blank>Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) program<\/a>. Raytheon and Boeing had won the remaining two contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reeves stressed the need for the new interceptor to be able to go after threats that disperse multiple objects including decoys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are looking carefully at the lessons learned from RKV including parts survivability testing which, in that program, was done too late and caused a major system redesign, as well as ensuring early-and-often testing and fly-before-you-buy mentality,\u201d Reeves said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed plans to conduct two successful flight tests before going into production, Reeves said, which as an MDA program requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe time is right now,\u201d Reeves said. \u201cWe have significant investments and the technology a couple of decades ago, when this was initially a vision of MDA, wasn\u2019t quite there, but now it is ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company plans to take elements from its existing capabilities such as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, which Reeves said has had a 100 percent mission success rate, and the Aegis missile defense system. Lockheed also will garner experience from its partnership with the U.S. Navy on its Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile system, which \u201chas to survive these more hostile environments,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Lockheed\u2019s experience with space is another asset that will contribute to understanding technology needed for an NGI, which will need to travel through space, according to Reeves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed is also optimistic, Reeves said, that it can meet a faster schedule for NGI than currently planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Defense Department officials said NGI could not be fielded until the 2030s but the MDA director and U.S. Northern Command\u2019s commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2020\/03\/04\/next-generation-interceptor-request-for-proposals-delayed-but-imminent\/\" target=_blank>believe it is possible to move that timeline to at least 2028<\/a> or earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company plans to use tools such as artificial intelligence, machine-to-machine learning, big data analytics and 3-D printing to \u201caccelerate the schedule and to deliver products faster than we have had in the past,\u201d Reeves said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lockheed Martin jumps in to compete against Boeing and a Northrop Grumman-Raytheon team to build the U.S. Missile Defense Agency&#8217;s Next-Generation 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