Northrop Grumman Pleads Case for KEI

摘要

The U.S. Defense Department wants to pull the plug on the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) program, but Northrop Grumman Corp., the Los Angeles-based company developing the missile defense system, is hoping the Quadrennial Defense Review will save it. Northrop officials describe their mobile missile killer as the kind of "game changer" technology that the U.S. military needs "to sustain our competitive edge" in the future.