MDA 'nearly' complete with $2B in emergency spending, projects delayed

By Jason Sherman / April 9, 2019 at 2:32 PM
The Missile Defense Agency has nearly completed work on the $2.1 billion in emergency spending projects awarded in late 2017 to counter threats from North Korea, according to a top Defense Department official, despite delays with marquee efforts in that missile defeat and defense enhancements package. MDA Director Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves told lawmakers last week the agency's portion of the $4 billion emergency appropriation to the Pentagon as part of a fiscal year 2018 budget amendment is wrapping up...

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