Key MDA leaders step down in shake-up of agency ranks

By Jason Sherman / November 26, 2019 at 2:37 PM
Two long-time Missile Defense Agency civilian leaders -- the No. 2 and No. 3 officials with more than three decades of MDA leadership roles between them -- stepped down suddenly from their posts last week against a backdrop of tension between the agency and the Pentagon's weapon technology boss over a wide array of issues over how to proceed with new missile defense capabilities. John James and Keith Englander both vacated their positions as executive director and director for engineering,...

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