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Lockheed Martin Advances Construction on New Next Generation Interceptor Facility in Courtland, Alabama
The new 88,000-square-foot Missile Assembly Building will enable rapid, reliable NGI production with about 100 employees, supporting U.S. homeland missile defense efforts.
- On Dec. 10, 2025, Lockheed Martin announced construction in Courtland, Alabama, of the 88,000-square-foot Missile Assembly Building-5 is nearing completion.
- Drawing on decades of experience, Lockheed Martin built MAB-5 to meet urgent delivery needs and support homeland missile defense against evolving ballistic threats with NGI.
- Leveraging digital engineering and a digital twin, Courtland coordinates with the Troy, Alabama campus while the Courtland site employs nearly 500 people, including approximately 100 workers in MAB-5.
- The facility is expected to speed production and create good-paying jobs, helping drive economic growth in the Courtland community and deliver NGI to the Missile Defense Agency with precision.
- Designed for manufacturability, MAB-5 incorporates repeatable practices from the THAAD program to enable reliable, high-rate NGI production and reduce lifecycle risk.
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Lockheed Martin Advances Construction on new Next Generation Interceptor Facility in Courtland, Alabama
New 88,000-square foot facility represents a major investment in ability to produce revolutionary capability at scale and to meet the need for rapid delivery.
Lockheed Martin moves closer to opening new Next Generation Interceptor facility in Alabama
The building is described as a key part of efforts to deliver the NGI system to the Missile Defense Agency with greater speed and reliability, supporting work on a system designed to counter evolving ballistic missile threats to the United States. “We’re building out nearly 100,000 square feet of manufacturing and production spaces in Courtland dedicated to the NGI programme,” said Johnathon Caldwell, vice president and general manager of Strate…
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