Contract Value Now Increased to $62 Million
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has selected Raytheon Missiles & Defense to continue developing its first-of-a-kind counter-hypersonic missile solution. The Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) is designed to intercept hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of flight, providing an additional layer of defence against regional hypersonic missile threats.
The contract modification of $41 million brings total value to date to $62 million and allows the company to continue maturing its GPI design, using the advanced materials and technologies required to intercept a hypersonic threat. This phase will also finalise systems requirements and support accelerated development timelines. “Our GPI is built on proven missile defense technology as its foundation,” explained Tay Fitzgerald, President of Strategic Missile Defense at Raytheon Missiles & Defense. “By using digital engineering and leveraging high technology readiness level components and subsystems already in use across Standard Missile and hypersonic programs, we can quickly advance the creation of this new interceptor.”
The company is leveraging mature technologies from across its current portfolio to create efficiencies, reduce qualification time and demonstrate the GPI capability as quickly as possible.
Its missile defence portfolio combines sensors, interceptors and C2 networks to track and defeat a wide range of threats. With more than 50 years’ combat-proven interceptor development, integration, and production experience, Raytheon Missiles & Defense is responsible for portions of nearly every air and missile defence system deployed by the US and its allies. By evolving its missile interceptors, directed energy and cyber technologies, Raytheon Technologies is advancing counter-hypersonic solutions.
