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

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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...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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