The GPI program aims to produce an advanced missile that can meet, counter and dispense with adversarial hypersonic weapons at speeds of Mach 5 or more.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will proceed with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program, the first-of-its-kind defensive countermeasure against hypersonic missile threats.

Northrop Grumman’s Chandler operation has been selected by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to move ahead with production of a new missile that will be able to knock out hypersonic threats in midair.

The United States and Japan said Wednesday they have picked Northrop Grumman Corp.'s plan for their development of a new type of