MDA working on simulated domestic cruise missile defense, hopes for FY-23 plus-up

By Jason Sherman / May 17, 2022 at 12:54 PM
The Missile Defense Agency has launched a project that aims to set the technical groundwork for a potential live-fire demonstration of a domestic cruise missile defense architecture by working first to execute simulated events connecting Army and Navy battle management tools with the guided-missile launcher system used to defend Washington, DC, 24/7. The project is called Cruise Missile Defense of the Homeland NCR-IADS and MDA is pulling in three defense contractors to support the effort, modifying existing contracts last November...

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