{"id":1369,"date":"2026-06-03T17:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/northrop-grumman-and-apex-to-exhibit-space-based-interceptor-capabilities-for-ussf\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:56:58","slug":"northrop-grumman-and-apex-to-exhibit-space-based-interceptor-capabilities-for-ussf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/northrop-grumman-and-apex-to-exhibit-space-based-interceptor-capabilities-for-ussf\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop Grumman and Apex to Exhibit Space-Based Interceptor Capabilities for USSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1780476881397_639160736868364734.webp\" width=\"712\" height=\"390\" alt=\"Northrop Grumman and Apex to Exhibit Space-Based Interceptor Capabilities for USSF\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1780476881397_639160736868364734.webp\" style=\"opacity: 0.684062;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1780476881397_639160736868364734.webp\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"390\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Northrop Grumman Corporation<\/strong> announced that one of its industry collaborators, <strong>Apex<\/strong>, will support Northrop Grumman\u2019s leading role in the Nation\u2019s historic drive to make space-based interceptors (SBI) a reality by the end of the decade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the service\u2019s competition to demonstrate space-based missile defense and field a network of SBIs to protect the homeland soon after, Northrop Grumman is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Driving a culture of success with first-of-a-kind missile defense systems to build a new layer of homeland defense with an agile, nation-spanning workforce and industry partners including Apex.<\/li>\n<li>Bringing decades of investment in missile defense technology, manufacturing capacity and expertise to demonstrate scalable space-based interceptor capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Delivering proven capability using modern artificial intelligence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: Northrop Grumman Sets New Standard in Space Positioning and Navigation<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Ryan Tintner<\/strong><strong>, vice president and general manager, space superiority systems division, Northrop Grumman<\/strong>: \u201cWe\u2019re combining our advanced missile defense technologies and commercial partnerships to demonstrate next generation space-based interceptor capabilities in support of our nation&#8217;s Golden Dome priorities. We have already completed key ground tests this year and are uniquely positioned with Apex to rapidly accelerate and scale affordable production to defend the homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Ian Cinnamon<\/strong><strong>, chief executive officer and co-founder, Apex<\/strong>: \u201cApex was founded specifically to support proliferated constellations like Golden Dome, which will require satellites to create a decisive defensive advantage for our nation. This partnership will enable operational, constellation-scale space-based missile defense and allow us to rapidly support an urgent need.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that one of its industry collaborators, Apex, will support Northrop Grumman\u2019s leading role in the Nation\u2019s historic drive to make space-based interceptors (SBI) a reality by the end of the decade.&nbsp; As part of the service\u2019s competition to demonstrate space-based missile defense and field a network of SBIs to protect the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,26],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-defense","tag-ground"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}