The Pentagon is investigating whether a component that is believed to be the source of a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA flight test failure in January -- forcing a $130 million do-over -- could also cause other weapon systems that rely on the same component to also fail, according to a senior Defense Department official. Micheal Griffin, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, disclosed a key finding of an ongoing review into the Jan. 31 flight test failure of...
