Conferees call for Missile Defense Agency report on transportable GBIs

By John Liang / December 7, 2016 at 10:05 AM
House and Senate defense authorization negotiators want the Missile Defense Agency to look into the feasibility of "transportable" Ground-based Interceptors. According to the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization conference bill released last week, lawmakers want the MDA director to submit a report detailing his views regarding: "(1) The cost that is unconstrained by current projected budget levels for the Missile Defense Agency (including a detailed program development production and deployment cost and schedule for the earliest technically possible deployment), the...

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