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Lockheed Martin today announced that its effort to prototype a Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) for the Missile Defense Agency has passed its preliminary design review (PDR), moving the company another step forward in its competition with Northrop Grumman for the billion-dollar program.

The successful review means that the company’s digital NGI design now heads forward to critical design review in the third quarter of fiscal 2025, according to the announcement, during which “MDA will assess when flight testing can begin. The first Lockheed Martin NGI is forecast for delivery to the warfighter as early as FY2027.”

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