The Missile Defense Agency last spring finalized a contract to accelerate development of a new Ground-based Midcourse Defense warhead that locked in costs 55% above estimates for the pre-acceleration plan -- a bid to speed development that unraveled within months when design challenges surfaced saddling the project with an estimated two-year delay. On May 14, 2018 MDA and Boeing -- prime contractor for the GMD Development and Sustainment Contract -- completed a one-year project to definitize a $1.088 billion Redesigned...
