Lawmakers want better insight into DOD missile defense decisions, advance other oversight proposals

By Jason Sherman / July 23, 2021 at 1:05 PM
A Senate panel wants better insight into high-level Pentagon missile defense acquisition matters, to block the Missile Defense Agency from long-term ownership of its fledgling Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor project and an independent review of major radars the agency and the Navy are procuring for similar purposes. These are three of seven significant missile defense provisions the Senate Armed Services Committee has teased in an executive summary of its mark of the fiscal year 2022 defense policy bill...

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