Northrop Grumman On Track to Produce Early-Warning Missile Defense Program

The Preliminary Design Review for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program has been successfully concluded by Northrop Grumman Corporation in a recent milestone achievement. The pair of NGP satellites are specifically engineered to operate in highly elliptical orbits, enabling them to effectively identify and monitor ballistic and hypersonic missiles across the Northern Hemisphere. These satellites provide reliable detecting potential missile launches with comprehensive coverage extending over the polar region.