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Missile Defense

MDA’s Hill: NGI Program Flexible Enough To Allow Two Builders, GPI Could Move Faster

Friday, April 21st, 2023

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MDA’s Hill: NGI Program Flexible Enough To Allow Two Builders, GPI Could Move Faster

Concept image of Lockheed Martin version of Next Generation Interceptors (NGI) in flight. (Artist rendering: Lockheed Martin)

The Missile Defense Agency’s acquisition plan for the newest interceptors to defend the U.S. from ballistic missiles is flexible enough to potentially use two contractors to build them faster while it may be possible to accelerate development of hypersonic defense systems, the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) told a House panel recently. House Armed Services’s Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) asked MDA director Vice Adm. Jon Hill if it made sense to start replacing the 44…

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