The Pentagon has chosen Lockheed Martin and a Northrop Grumman-Raytheon Technologies team to develop a new generation of interceptors to protect the United States from long-range missile attacks. The announcement comes just days after North Korea reportedly fired missiles in response to U.S. and South Korean military exercises. The companies selected by the Pentagon Tuesday will now compete against one another; a winner is expected to be chosen to build up to 20 the Next Generation Interceptors in the mid-2020s.
“Today’s awards are an important step in modernizing our Missile Defense System,” Stacy Cummings, a senior Pentagon official who is performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said in a statement. “NGI plays an important role in our homeland defense, and our acquisition strategy is ensuring the department maximizes innovation to keep pace with rapidly advancing threats.”..MORE
