Lawmakers want a formal exploration of extending the Next Generation Interceptor competition, delaying any source selection from 2025 until Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman fly prototypes -- a move that could add at least two years to the contest and set the stage for tandem production of a much larger NGI acquisition than the program of record. The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, in its mark of the fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill , is directing the Pentagon...
