{"id":69305,"date":"2024-08-09T19:53:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T19:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/08\/09\/missile-defense-agency-to-pick-hypersonic-interceptor-vendor-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:33:10","slug":"missile-defense-agency-to-pick-hypersonic-interceptor-vendor-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2024\/08\/09\/missile-defense-agency-to-pick-hypersonic-interceptor-vendor-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Missile Defense Agency to pick hypersonic interceptor vendor this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HUNTSVILLE, Ala. \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2023\/08\/07\/what-challenges-will-the-next-missile-defense-agency-director-face\/\" target=\"_blank\">Missile Defense Agency <\/a>is planning to choose a single vendor to deliver an interceptor capable of taking out<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/06\/24\/raytheon-northrop-advance-in-competition-to-develop-hypersonic-weapons-interceptor\/\" target=\"_blank\"> a hypersonic weapon in its glide phase of flight<\/a>, Lt. 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Heath Collins, the agency\u2019s director, said Aug. 8 at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will be making a down-select, resource-driven decision later this year,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we came into [FY]25, the Fiscal Responsibility Act &#8230; put pressure on the entire department to make really tough prioritization and resource-informed decisions,\u201d Collins told Defense News in an interview at the conference. \u201cWe were no exception, so we had to take a look at how we balance and make decisions on the capability we bring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MDA, as part of that assessment, decided to halt its SM-3 Block 1B production line and down-select a winning vendor earlier than planned \u2014 rather than carry two teams farther into the development process, which tends to drive down program risk \u2014 in a competition to build a Next-Generation Interceptor. Such munitions are designed to counter intercontinental ballistic missiles aimed at the homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe risk inherent with an early pre-[preliminary design review] down-select is reflected by the express reference to this being \u2018resource driven,\u2019\u201d Tom Karako, missile defense analyst at the Center for International and Strategic Studies, told Defense News. \u201cDefeating high speed maneuvering threats in many respects reflects the future of missile defense broadly, so we have to get this capability right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman both won contracts to continue developing the Glide Phase Interceptor, or GPI, in June 2022. Each company was awarded a firm-fixed price modification to a previously awarded contract for rapid prototyping. Every modification is worth roughly $41.5 million, bringing the total contract value to around $61 million each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2024\/05\/15\/us-and-japan-sign-agreement-to-co-develop-hypersonic-interceptor\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S and Japan signed a cooperative agreement <\/a>in May to co-develop the GPI, with MDA\u2019s budget plan envisioning a first fielding in the mid-2030s. Congress, meanwhile,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2023\/12\/18\/congress-demands-quicker-fielding-of-hypersonic-weapons-interceptor\/\" target=\"_blank\"> has mandated MDA reach full operational capability by the end of 2032<\/a> and provide no fewer than 12 GPIs for tests by the deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll have to assess the risk of that design, any corrective actions &#8230; or mitigation activities we want to take,\u201d Collins said, discussing next steps after MDA chooses a single vendor. \u201cAnd then we would re-baseline the program based on that with an updated, independent cost estimate &#8230; to inform that program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hypersonic weapons are difficult to counter, not because of their speed, Collins said, but because their ability to maneuver in flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some ballistic missiles are already able to fly at hypersonic speeds. 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