Northrop Grumman Bags $3.2 Bn Deal To Supply Next-Gen Missile Interceptors To US

The US Defence department announced that Northrop Grumman has bagged a $3.2 billion contract to design, manufacture and supply the next-generation ground-based mid-course interceptor to the US. Grumman will now solely be responsible for developing and testing Ground-based Mid-course Weapon System (GWS). Reportedly, the GWS software and hardware will meet the new warfighter requirements, and evolving threats with greater reliability, availability maintainability and testability.