The Missile Defense Agency has unveiled a comprehensive new framework to streamline its acquisition of next-generation missile defense technologies, consolidating a broad range of contracting authorities under a single umbrella -- a move that comes as the Pentagon seeks assistance from non-traditional suppliers for its Golden Dome project. On March 27, MDA published a Multiple Authority Announcement , a planned five-year initiative that consolidates traditional and nontraditional acquisition pathways under a single contracting vehicle and will serve as a gateway...