If you would have told me when I was a young boy growing up on a Colorado dairy farm that I would get the opportunity to design, build and test rocket motors for a living, I never would have believed you.
A First and Last Flight Test
Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, America’s homeland defense shield designed to detect, intercept and destroy long-range missiles.
Putting Critical Defense Systems to the Test
The U.S. defense industry is working to develop solutions that protect the homeland against missile threats.
Target Vehicles
Northrop Grumman is the leading provider of threat representative target vehicles used in the test and verification of the nation’s missile defense systems.
Simulating Long-Range Threats
Northrop Grumman’s targets portfolio consists of 10 basic vehicle configurations and a variety of plug-and-play enhancement kits that can be used to upgrade the selected configuration to meet specific mission requirements.