The United States, Japan and potentially other nations could formally begin collaborative development on the Glide Phase Interceptor as soon as the fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill is enacted if a proposed single-sentence provision in that legislation becomes law, a sign of support in Congress for a joint effort to develop a next-generation Aegis guided missile. The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, in its mark of the FY-24 defense policy bill, includes legislative language that would authorize co-development...
