Draft bill eyes 'comprehensive integrated' domestic air and missile defense architecture

By Jason Sherman / July 10, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Draft legislation would require the Pentagon to develop a "comprehensive" integrated architecture to defend the United States against all missile types -- ballistic, cruise and hypersonic -- and assign an official responsibility for identifying the collection of radar, command and control and guided missiles or non-kinetic systems. The Senate Armed Services Committee has included a provision in its version of the fiscal year 2025 defense policy bill that could, if enacted, have far-reaching implications for Defense Department air- and missile-defense...

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