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Lockheed Martin opens $16.5M missile defense lab
Lockheed Martin opens $16.5M missile defense lab
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Bethesda-based global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin on Wednesday opened a $16.5 million engineering facility at its Huntsville, Alabama, campus, introducing more capabilities for missile defense innovation in north Alabama.
This 25,000-square-foot 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.
The MSIL will also house a digital engineering center and key infrastructure to create and maintain a digital thread throughout the integration process.
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.
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.
