Missile Defense Agency Seeks Two-Year Schedule Bump For New GBI Option

March 17, 2020
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The Next-Generation Interceptor initially will augment 40 Ground-Based Interceptors (pictured) stationed in Alaska with 20 new missiles, and it will potentially replace the already 20-year-old technology.
Credit: Missile Defense Agency
Accelerated scheduling and exoatmospheric interceptor programs have a bleak track record over the past decade, but an impatient Pentagon leadership decided on March 10 to try it again. The Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI) will enter service as early as 2028, or up to two years faster than the...

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