House and Senate authorizers are calling on the Pentagon's cost assessment and program evaluation office to look into the modernization requirements of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. According to the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization conference bill released last week, the CAPE report should include the following: "(A) The modernization requirements for the ground-based midcourse system, including all command and control, ground systems, sensors and sensor interfaces, boosters and kill vehicles, and integration of known future systems and components. "(B)...
