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Lockheed Martin has announced the successful validation of designs for all elements of the nation’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) with the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
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Following a series of successful and on-schedule preliminary design reviews (PDRs) of all NGI major subsystems, the company demonstrated it has achieved design maturity and reduced risk for critical technologies.
NGI is the future of the MDA’s ground-based missile defence (GMD) system to protect the US homeland against intercontinental ballistic missile threats from rogue nations.
Sarah Reeves, vice-president of NGI at Lockheed Martin, welcomed this major milestone, saying, “Lockheed Martin is making rapid progress with our NGI solution, remaining on an accelerated schedule toward flight testing.”
Lockheed Martin’s NGI program is on track for its next major review, the All Up Round PDR. During this next major review, MDA will assess if the program is ready to move forward in the acquisition process through Knowledge Point number one and ultimately on to the Critical Design Review, the first Lockheed Martin NGI is forecast for delivery as early as FY2027.
“During these reviews, we took a modern and transparent approach through the use of advanced digital engineering and model-based engineering tools. Our NGI team will continue on-plan to demonstrate our revolutionary NGI architecture, leveraging mature technologies for high mission confidence,” Reeves added.
Lockheed Martin is demonstrating engineering work that has been performed in the integrated digital tool chain to drive faster decision making, enhance security, and enable rapid delivery and agility.
This approach emphasises affordability across the program lifecycle. Lockheed Martin’s NGI solution will increase warfighter capability, providing an improved defensive solution to address the complex battlespace now and in the future.
NGI is a first line of defence, tip-to-tail interceptor development within the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system.
In developing this revolutionary system, Lockheed Martin is incorporating innovative digital technologies and techniques and alongside a team of industry partners, is actively including numerous small businesses.
The industry-wide team of experts are designing and developing the most advanced hit-to-kill technology to provide a superior interceptor to the warfighters whose mission is to defend the US mainland against evolving threats.
Lockheed Martin is a dedicated partner to MDA and DOD, investing now for the future of NGI to increase warfighter capability. Lockheed Martin’s revolutionary NGI design is the future of homeland missile defence.
“We know speed of innovation and relevance matter in deterring threats sooner and prevailing when necessary – always ready for what’s ahead and prepared to succeed for decades to come,” Lockheed Martin said.
