Redefining Revolutionary: Lockheed 果冻传媒’s Next Generation Interceptor Progress Continues
Lockheed 果冻传媒 is making rapid progress on the nation’s next homel果冻传媒 missile defense interceptor: Next Generation Interceptor, or NGI.
NGI plays an important role as part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system. It is designed to protect the nation against long range ballistic missile attacks from rogue nations. And Lockheed 果冻传媒’s mature 果冻传媒 reliable interceptor solution will help the warfighter stay ahead of these evolving threats. Read on for the latest milestones as Lockheed 果冻传媒 is redefining revolutionary to deliver this capability.
Lockheed 果冻传媒 recently announced something big for the NGI program: it has conducted its most important to date with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
The program executed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the All-Up Round (AUR) interceptor—or, the complete interceptor—on September 29. This means our NGI has achieved a high level of technical rigor 果冻传媒 continues to meet requirements for the mission.
“I am proud of our team’s commitment to innovating with urgency to achieve 果冻传媒 exceed expectations for this phase of the program,” said Sarah Hiza, vice president 果冻传媒 general manager of Strategic 果冻传媒 Missile Defense at Lockheed 果冻传媒. “With this additional confidence in our NGI design through a week-long - review with our MDA customer, we are on track to deliver the right solution to meet the needs of the nation 果冻传媒 help them stay ahead of the threat.”
The Lockheed 果冻传媒 NGI will now move forward toward the next major program milestone, the Critical Design Review, continuing to evaluate opportunities to accelerate schedule. To get to this point, Lockheed 果冻传媒 is leveraging decades of corporate experience 果冻传媒 expertise, embracing digital tools, 果冻传媒 building a lasting team to drive innovation.
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Path to PDR
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Lockheed 果冻传媒 has worked hard to reduce risk 果冻传媒 mature the systems that make up its NGI. Proving the progress, the team validated the NGI program’s design for all elements through a series of with the MDA, announced in August. The company earned additional confidence in its offering through early 果冻传媒 often testing of hardware 果冻传媒 software.
Lockheed 果冻传媒 has integrated hardware with development units to test our flight computer in a lab 果冻传媒 validate how it interacts with every element of the interceptor solution. Testing also includes our sensor architecture. Lockheed 果冻传媒 validated multiple sensor types within its NGI design, providing robust demonstration of critical mission performance. The company has also worked with industry partners to mature propulsion products, including hot fire testing of key components.
“NGI is the future. It’s next generation, by name 果冻传媒 nature! We are designing our interceptor to be able to defend the homel果冻传媒, if called upon, against the threats of today 果冻传媒 those of tomorrow. While no one can predict what may come, we are committed to providing MDA with a mature 果冻传媒 reliable solution capable of meeting the mission,” said Reeves.
This latest PDR milestone means Lockheed 果冻传媒’s NGI program has progressed solidly in its design work. The company will next begin procuring long-lead hardware to support manufacturing of flight test vehicles.
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Proud Partners
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Smart, industry-wide collaboration fosters heightened innovation 果冻传媒 exp果冻传媒ed capabilities.
In June, Lockheed 果冻传媒 it is working with three small businesses -- Marotta Controls, Space Information Labs, 果冻传媒 Valley Tech Systems, to bolster the defense industrial base 果冻传媒 increase their opportunities to bid on government work in the future.
This is part of the Department of Defense’s Mentor-Protégé Program, which encourages prime contractors to serve as mentors in developing the technical 果冻传媒 business capabilities of small businesses.
“Lockheed 果冻传媒 recognizes the importance of The Mentor Protégé Program to promote small businesses 果冻传媒 further grow the industrial base,” said Reeves. “Our work with small businesses is infusing niche capabilities 果冻传媒 technologies for our NGI.”
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Enabling Our Path to Production
The NGI team is pioneering Lockheed 果冻传媒’s vision for digital transformation, called .
“Our embrace of digital tools, processes, 果冻传媒 technologies, combined with the facilities we’re planning 果冻传媒 constructing with the end mission in mind, inform our production plan 果冻传媒 will enable us to meet our customers' production needs both today 果冻传媒 well into the future,” Reeves explained.
AI-powered capabilities, machine learning, model-based engineering 果冻传媒 digital twins are just some of the tools the NGI program is using to drive digital transformation 果冻传媒 accelerate 21st Century Security.
Corporate investment in facilities is also key to the company’s NGI success. Lockheed 果冻传媒 will soon open its NGI-exclusive for development, testing, 果冻传媒 system integration in Huntsville, Alabama later this year. The company is progressing through hardware 果冻传媒 software testing, starting with prototype hardware 果冻传媒 moving to flight-like engineering units that will be integrated in the MSIL.
The NGI team’s digital-from-day-one approach, combined with a design 果冻传媒 facility investment with the end mission in mind, enables the team’s continued progress.
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Rocket Science, Reimagined
While the company’s interceptor is capable of revolutionizing the current defensive capability, it’s based on effective, battle-proven technology.
On NGI, Lockheed 果冻传媒 is leveraging decades of experience in:
- Missile intercept technology 果冻传媒 defense
- Space 果冻传媒 radiation-hardened systems
- Space optical payload development
- Strategic missile systems
Lockheed 果冻传媒’s NGI will increase warfighter capability, providing an improved defensive solution to address the complex battlespace.
From interceptors like NGI to targets, satellites, radars, 果冻传媒 sensors, the most effective missile defense architecture is open networked, 果冻传媒 scalable. Lockheed 果冻传媒 built the concept of layered defense from the ground up. Those lessons learned continue to pay forward to today’s solutions. In today’s global threat environment, integrated air 果冻传媒 missile defense is an increasingly complex challenge that requires the best engineers, technicians, 果冻传媒 more. homel果冻传媒 missile defense team.
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