AEROJET ROCKETDYNE TO BE PROPULSION PROVIDER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION INTERCEPTOR

Notional render of Lockheed Martin's Next Generation Interceptor. Credit: Lockheed Martin

Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, will be the propulsion provider for the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) as part of the Lockheed Martin team. On April 15, MDA announced it selected Lockheed Martin for NGI, the nation's first line of defense against long-range ballistic missile threats from rogue nations.

"Our propulsion technology has powered the nation's missile defense for decades,” said Christopher E. Kubasik, Chair and CEO, L3Harris. “As the industry-leading propulsion provider to all MDA interceptor programs currently in production, our team has the expertise needed to provide this specialty propulsion to defend the homeland from evolving threats.”

According to MDA, once fielded, NGI will be capable of defeating expected threat advances into the 2030s and beyond.