Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System (GMD) Weapons System (GWS)

Ready to Defend

GMD/GWS is the heart of the Missile Defense System and a key element of our nation’s defense against ballistic missile attacks. Northrop Grumman’s GMD Weapon System (GWS) is the integrating component of homeland defense, developing integrated battle plans based on sensor data and facilitating the warfighter’s usage of GBI’s to mitigate the threat. We provide the following GWS products:

• The GMD Fire Control is the true “brains of the operation,” providing the threat assessment and engagement planning functionality of the system.
• The GMD Communication Network provides connectivity to all GMD assets and links GMD to external sensors and systems.
• The Launch Management System is the pre-launch interface between the GMD Fire Control and the interceptor, providing control of the interceptor launch.
• The In-Flight Interceptor Communication System is the post-launch interface between the GMD Fire Control and the interceptor, providing updated target information to the kill vehicle during flight.

Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)

Northrop Grumman is pioneering joint multi-domain command and control with IBCS. The system’s resilient, open, modular, scalable architecture is foundational to deploying a truly integrated network of all available assets in the battlespace, regardless of source, service or domain. It senses, identifies, tracks and defeats evolving air and missile threats, enabling revolutionary “multi-domain, every sensor, best effector” operations.

Counter Hypersonics

No Threat is Static

No threat is static. Today, we face the challenge of hypersonic missiles and maneuvering reentry vehicles that can move through the atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound. Protecting the homeland and our regional forces against these modern destructive weapons is a significant challenge. Northrop Grumman is working on groundbreaking solutions to help defeat modern hypersonic missiles in various phases of flight.

Target Vehicles

Simulating Missile Threats

Northrop Grumman is the leading provider of threat representative target vehicles used in the test and verification of the nation’s missile defense systems. Our targets are custom designed to simulate the behavior of a customer-specified threat.

Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC)

Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) dynamically integrates and coordinates BMDS assets to increase system performance throughout the battlespace.