House and Senate lawmakers have proposed adding $1.3 billion to the Missile Defense Agency's fiscal year 2021 budget request -- a 14% hike that would allocate $10.4 billion for guided-missile interceptors, radars, space-based sensors and more -- while also taking the agency to task for inconsistent budgeting across its modernization portfolio. The defense portion of the fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations bill increases MDA's $9.1 billion request by a sum even greater than the $969 million the agency identified as...
