MDA Narrows GPI Bidding To Raytheon, Northrop Grumman

DARPA Glide Breaker
Artist's concept of RGPWS.
Credit: DARPA
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has narrowed a competition to build a hypersonic missile interceptor to Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, eliminating a bid by Lockheed Martin to enter the next stage of the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) prototyping program. The June 24 awards “are an important...
Steve Trimble

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

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