Lawmakers want NGI program on short leash after RKV failure

By Jason Sherman / June 23, 2020 at 2:08 PM
Lawmakers are proposing new reporting requirements for the Next Generation Interceptor development program that could -- if enacted -- impose additional congressional oversight on the new counter-intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. This is the latest fallout from the Pentagon's decision last summer to terminate the Redesigned Kill Vehicle in a manner that frustrated members of Congress . The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee in its mark of the fiscal year 2021 defense policy bill includes provisions that would require...

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