Engineering facility expands company's
Huntsville presence and digital
integration capability in support of nation's homeland defense
interceptor program
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 14,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)
today opened a $16.5M engineering
facility at its Huntsville campus,
introducing more capabilities for missile defense innovation in
North Alabama.
This facility is a Lockheed Martin capital project and provides
evidence of Lockheed Martin's investment in the Huntsville community, increasing opportunities
for growth and advanced capability in North Alabama at the company's Huntsville campus. The new Missile System
Integration Lab (MSIL) is where Lockheed Martin plans to conduct
development, testing, and system integration for the nation's next
long range ballistic missile defense interceptor – the Next
Generation Interceptor (NGI) for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency
(MDA).
The MSIL will also house a digital engineering center and key
infrastructure to create and maintain a digital thread throughout
the integration process.
"Lockheed Martin is committed to North
Alabama and this facility is further evidence of that," said
Robert Lightfoot, executive vice
president of Lockheed Martin Space. "We are pleased to celebrate
adding an advanced facility to our Huntsville campus today -- the same year we
mark 60 years in the Rocket City supporting our customers."
The new lab's concept is strengthened by Lockheed Martin's
decades of experience and expertise supporting the U.S. missile
defense mission, across the product lifecycle and all phases of
flight.
"This facility serves as a testbed to prove out our hardware and
software integration, adding new levels of digital capability,
agility and connectivity with our customers," said Sarah Reeves, vice president of NGI at Lockheed
Martin. "It is another example of Lockheed Martin's investment in
the technology and advanced facilities critical to reducing risk
for our NGI program. The MSIL brings us even closer to flight
testing and production of our interceptor, which will revolutionize
U.S. homeland missile defense."
NGI program headquarters is located in Huntsville, where Lockheed Martin is bringing
jobs, infrastructure and investment to help strengthen the region
as a thriving excellence hub for missile defense.
The company is also planning to break ground this year on two
state-of-the-art facilities in Courtland,
Alabama, which will add missile production space and a
payload manufacturing center supporting its growing portfolio of
capabilities in the state.
For additional information, visit our website:
www.lockheedmartin.com.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin
Corporation is a global security and aerospace company that employs
approximately 116,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged
in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and
services.
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The views expressed are those of the Lockheed Martin
Corporation and do not constitute an endorsement by the Missile
Defense Agency (MDA).
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