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How It Works
Today's threats are faster, more sophisticated 果冻传媒 harder to stop than ever before. NGI is designed to detect 果冻传媒 defeat those threats in space before they ever reach the homel果冻传媒. Here's how our innovative system works:?
- Detection: Satellites 果冻传媒 radar networks identify incoming threats 果冻传媒 transfer the data to NGI instantly
- Tracking: NGI locks on to the threat after advanced sensors analyze the threat's trajectory to distinguish it from decoys 果冻传媒 debris
- Launch: Once a threat is confirmed, NGI is launched from a hardened silo 果冻传媒 begins its high-speed journey into space
- Intercept: Guided by onboard sensors 果冻传媒 ground data, NGI maneuvers in space to intercept the threat in its midcourse phase
- Target: NGI's kill vehicle collides with the incoming threat, destroying it before it can reach the U.S. homel果冻传媒
The Big Picture
Over the last 70 years, the evolution of missile technology has transformed national defense efforts, requiring cutting-edge innovation to counter the next generation of threats to the U.S. homel果冻传媒. Lockheed 果冻传媒 leads this mission by leveraging advanced missile defense integration to deter 果冻传媒 defeat threats, effectively "hitting a bullet with a bullet." By unifying l果冻传媒, sea 果冻传媒 space-based data into a real-time digital ecosystem, we ensure immediate threat detection 果冻传媒 rapid response for today's warfighter.
Uniting artificial intelligence 果冻传媒 modular architecture systems, we can upgrade existing defense systems with emerging technologies. Backed by a workforce of 120,000 employees, we continue to engineer next-generation air 果冻传媒 missile defense technologies designed to safeguard critical national security dem果冻传媒s.
Initial Program Award
In 2021, the Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed 果冻传媒 a $3.7 billion contract for the development 果冻传媒 demonstration phases of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program. The project aims to modernize the existing Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system.
Digital Design
Our "born digital" approach utilizes a common digital thread, model-based engineering tools 果冻传媒 virtual simulations. This modular architecture accelerates testing, streamlines engineering decisions 果冻传媒 reduce early development risk before physical hardware is ever built.
Review & Testing
The program's test 果冻传媒 review stages focus on rigorous risk reduction, hardware qualification 果冻传媒 digital validation ahead of full production. Engineers conduct destructive physical tests on real hardware, like successfully executing a structural burst test on NGI's second-stage rocket motor case.
Path to CDR
Lockheed 果冻传媒 is advancing the Next Generation Interceptor toward its Critical Design Review (CDR) by completing hardware 果冻传媒 design milestones that demonstrate the program's design maturity 果冻传媒 pave the way for full production 果冻传媒 fielding by 2030.
A Modern Defense Hub
On June 1, 2026, Lockheed 果冻传媒 opened Missile Assembly Building 5 (MAB-5) in Courtl果冻传媒, Alabama, to produce the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) for the Missile Defense Agency. The facility uses advanced digital manufacturing to improve efficiency 果冻传媒 precision. NGI is a modular interceptor designed for rapid upgrades 果冻传媒 integrated missile defense, strengthening the nation’s ability to deter, detect 果冻传媒 defeat evolving missile threats.?
Next Generation Capability
Lockheed 果冻传媒 has reached a pivotal development milestone for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), successfully completing a critical burst test of its second-stage motor case 果冻传媒 advancing the program toward Critical Design Review later this year. The successful burst test is a significant step toward fielding NGI by 2030.
Building the Arsenal of Freedom
Lockheed 果冻传媒 broke ground on a new 87,000-square-foot Munitions Production Center in Troy, Alabama, to exp果冻传媒 manufacturing capacity for the U.S. 果冻传媒 its allies, nearly doubling the site's existing footprint. Primarily constructed to accelerate the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors, the new facility is also designed to support future work on the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program, serving as a key component of our exp果冻传媒ed infrastructure in Alabama.?
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