Northrop Grumman partners with Apex on space-based interceptors for Golden Dome

Northrop Grumman partners with Apex on space-based interceptors for Golden Dome

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Northrop Grumman and Apex to demonstrate space-based interceptor capabilities for U.S. missile defense

The company said the work supports the nation’s initiative to demonstrate scalable space-based interceptor technologies by the end of the decade. Northrop Grumman said it will use its missile defense expertise, artificial intelligence capabilities and manufacturing capacity to advance the project. Apex will collaborate with Northrop Grumman as part of the service’s competition to demonstrate space-based missile defense. The wider goal is to fiel…