With the Pentagon making hypersonic weapons a priority, Northrop Grumman is throwing its hat into the ring in an attempt to claim space in the still-early hypersonic defense market.
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Concept art from Northrop Grumman shows a potential architecture for defensing against hypersonic missiles.Photo by: Northrop Grumman
The company launched a new campaign website focused on hypersonic defense last week as part of a broader push into the business area, where the Pentagon expects to spend over $10 billion in the next five years developing both offensive and defensive capabilities.
Hypersonic defense is significantly behind hypersonic offense, something Ken Todorov, VP of Missile Defense Solutions and the lead for Northrop’s counter-hypersonic efforts, acknowledged in a March 19 interview. That means there is a lot of room for experimentation in how to tackle the issue.