The Missile Defense Agency's plans this fall to execute a do-over test of the Standard-Missile 3 Block IIA interceptor -- which failed during a key January assessment -- will cost about third less than previously estimated, allowing the agency to offer $47.8 million originally slated for the test to be spent on higher Pentagon priorities. On July 11, Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist sent Congress an omnibus reprogramming that seeks to realign $4.3 billion among dozens of accounts, including proposing seven...
