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This story was updated to include comments from Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Boeing.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon has selected Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to go head-to-head in a competition to provide a next-generation interceptor to replace the ground-based interceptors in Alaska and California<\/a> that are designed to defend the United States against ballistic missile attacks from North Korea and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing submitted a bid <\/a>with team members General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and Aerojet Rocketdyne to build the Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI),<\/a> but was not chosen to continue on in the effort. The company has an extensive history with the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system<\/a> in place at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, having held the development and sustainment contract for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contract has an estimated maximum value of $1.6 billion through fiscal 2022 and will carry both designs into the technology development and risk reduction phase of the program, according to a March 23 Pentagon announcement. \u201cThis award will ensure NGI is an efficient and effective part of an integrated Missile Defense System<\/a> solution,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon announced in August 2019 its intention to build a new NGI after the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program<\/a> \u2014 that would upgrade the GBI with the ability to go after more complex threats more reliably \u2014 was abruptly killed. RKV struggled with insurmountable technical issues resulting in delayed schedules and cost increases.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roughly eight months later, MDA released a request for proposals for its NGI with the aim to downselect to two companies who would then compete for the right to build the interceptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Northrop Grumman and Raytheon team<\/a> announced its intention to bid together in May 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lockheed Martin teamed up with Aerojet Rocketdyne<\/a> in October. The company announced its plans to buy Aerojet in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNGI is the result of the first holistic technical assessment of homeland defenses the department has conducted since initial system operations began in 2004,\u201d Vice Adm. Jon Hill, the director of Missile Defense Agency, said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy planning to carry two vendors through technology development, MDA will maximize the benefits of competition to deliver the most effective and reliable homeland defense missile to the warfighter as soon as possible. Once fielded, this new homeland defense interceptor will be capable of defeating expected threat advances into the 2030s and beyond,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The down-select to two competitors for NGI<\/a> was expected late last year, but approval of the plan was delayed until the defense secretary and deputy defense secretary in the new Biden Administration were in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NGI program \u201cis critical to our nation\u2019s protection. Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies bring an innovative solution meeting the threat\u2019s complexity with advanced technology and industry leading domain knowledge, which answers all the threat scenarios,\u201d Scott Lehr, Northrop vice president and general manager for launch and missile defense, and Bryan Rosselli, Raytheon\u2019s vice president of strategic missile defense, said in a statement sent to Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are honored to be selected by the MDA as prime contractor to develop the NGI system to protect our nation from advanced missile attacks,\u201d Lehr said, adding, \u201cthere is a critical timeline for fielding this capability and our team brings together the industry\u2019s top missile defense talent, agile design and manufacturing practices, and state-of-the-art operational factories to support the MDA and our nation\u2019s defense against these evolving threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are bringing together next-generation technologies\u2014digital engineering and game-changing discrimination\u2014for an extremely advanced interceptor,\u201d Rosselli said. \u201cThis team is building on unmatched experience, accounting for all 47 prior U.S. exo-atmospheric intercepts. With that knowledge, we are also embracing innovative ways to accelerate operational deployment while reducing risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raytheon was the developer for RKV as a subcontractor to Boeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited and proud the MDA entrusted Lockheed Martin to lead the development of this game-changing system that will greatly improve our nation\u2019s security for decades to come,\u201d Sarah Reeves, vice president of the NGI program at Lockheed Martin, said in a statement to Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lockheed\u2019s program will be headquartered in Huntsville with Reeves leading the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing told Defense News in a statement that was \u201cdisappointed the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) did not advance our team to the next phase of competition in the development of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) competition. Our proposal to upgrade the current Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system leveraged the company\u2019s 60-plus years of experience with missile and weapon systems to deliver an NGI solution that emphasized an innovative design with enhanced flexibility and modularity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company added, \u201cWhile it is premature to comment on next steps until we participate in the formal debrief session, it is important to note that today\u2019s announcement does not impact our commitment to the MDA and to the mission of the GMD system. Our dedicated employees and partners will continue to manage the current system, and continually explore ways to support the warfighter in an evolving threat environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While MDA anticipates testing of the NGI in the mid 2020s, and placing them in the ground roughly in 2027 or 2028, industry proposals will dictate final schedules and what is doable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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