The Missile Defense Agency is launching the Next Generation Interceptor program with a "Kick Off Industry Day" this Thursday, moving quickly to begin a follow-on to the Redesigned Kill Vehicle project terminated last week as a senior Pentagon official today issued a rebuke of the acquisition strategy behind the failed $1.2 billion RKV program. On Aug. 29, MDA plans to brief industry on a draft solicitation for a clean-sheet redesign of a new booster and warhead for the Ground Based...