The Defense Department has tapped Northrop Grumman to lead Glide Breaker -- an advanced technology development program that aims to develop components that one day could enable a lightweight interceptor to defeat hypersonic boost-glide weapons at very long range. On Jan. 24, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Northrop Grumman Systems' Redondo Beach, CA, business unit a $13 million cost-plus-fee contract for the Glide Breaker program. "This contract provides for the research, development and demonstration of a technology that...