{"id":30243,"date":"2020-09-24T17:28:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T17:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/24\/boeing-assembles-team-to-bid-for-next-gen-missile-defense-interceptor\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:28:57","slug":"boeing-assembles-team-to-bid-for-next-gen-missile-defense-interceptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2020\/09\/24\/boeing-assembles-team-to-bid-for-next-gen-missile-defense-interceptor\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing assembles team to bid for next-gen missile defense interceptor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Boeing has assembled a team with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and Aerojet Rocketdyne to bid on the production of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2020\/04\/24\/pentagon-releases-request-for-proposals-on-next-generation-interceptor\/\" target=_blank>Next Generation Interceptor, or NGI<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency decided last year to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/08\/21\/dod-tanks-redesigned-kill-vehicle-program-for-homeland-defense-interceptor\/\" target=_blank>scrap its plans to redesign the kill vehicle<\/a> of its current<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/11\/07\/final-ground-based-missile-defense-interceptor-in-place-at-fort-greely\/\" target=_blank> Ground-Based Interceptors, or GBI,<\/a> that is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/03\/25\/homeland-missile-defense-system-takes-out-icbm-threat-in-historic-salvo-test\/\" target=_blank>Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system<\/a>. The GMD system is designed to defend the homeland against intercontinental ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MDA is holding a competition instead to design a brand-new interceptor for the GMD system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has an extensive history with the GMD system in place at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, having held the development and sustainment contract for years. That contract is set to expire in 2023, and MDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2020\/04\/02\/missile-defense-agency-to-inject-competition-into-homeland-missile-defense-contract\/\" target=_blank>is weighing options to break up the contract<\/a> to foster competition that promotes increased capability.<\/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\/land\/2020\/07\/23\/canceled-missile-defense-warheads-cost-tripled-schedule-slipped-despite-numerous-warnings-gao-finds\/\" 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\/3691173.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\">Cost tripled for missile defense warhead, despite prior warnings, GAO finds<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The cost to develop the now-canceled Redesigned Kill Vehicle program for homeland missile defense more than tripled, and the program\u2019s schedule slipped by four years, a new U.S. government watchdog report reveals.<\/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\">\u201cThe Boeing-led team will deliver critical technology to enhance our homeland missile defense,\u201d Norm Tew, Boeing missile and weapon systems vice president, said in a Sept. 24 statement. \u201cCombined, we bring decades of expertise in proven missile and weapon systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An NGI \u201crequires a new way of thinking supported by a proven ability to deliver pioneering solutions,\u201d Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS, said in a separate company statement issued Sept. 24. \u201cWe are excited to partner with Boeing to deliver the disruptive technologies needed to help MDA rapidly deploy an interceptor system that bolsters the nation\u2019s missile defense network and ensures that the U.S., our allies, and partner nations maintain military overmatch against ever evolving threats from adversaries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aerojet Rocketdyne will supply the propulsion system. \u201cAs the country\u2019s premier hit-to-kill propulsion provider, we\u2019re able to deliver low-cost, high-performance systems by leveraging our skilled workforce and strategic investments in innovative technology and materials,\u201d Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO, said in the Boeing statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing said the team submitted its NGI offering to MDA on Aug. 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also according to the statement, Northrop Grumman will serve as a \u201ccomponent supplier\u201d on the Boeing team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2020\/05\/04\/northrop-raytheon-team-on-next-gen-interceptor-bid\/\" target=_blank>Northrop is also teaming separately with Raytheon<\/a> to compete against the Boeing team and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2020\/08\/03\/lockheed-dives-into-next-generation-missile-defense-interceptor-competition\/\" target=_blank>Lockheed Martin<\/a>. Raytheon was the developer of the now-canceled Redesigned Kill Vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MDA aims to downselect to two companies later this year. Those firms will then compete for the right to build the interceptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proposals were due July 31, but MDA noted in its request for proposals that there may be some give in that schedule due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency requested $664.1 million in fiscal 2021 for the NGI program as part of a $4.9 billion five-year budget plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing is teaming up to compete for the Missile Defense Agency&#8217;s Next-Generation 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