The Pentagon is finalizing a new update of seminal missile defense governance policy mandated by law to replace a controversial memorandum advanced during the Trump administration that curtailed the Missile Defense Agency's autonomy by elevating approval authority for key activities to senior Defense Department officials. Earlier this month, the House Armed Services Committee raised the stakes, advancing draft legislation in the Chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2025 defense policy bill to fence 90% of the travel funding for the...
