The Missile Defense Agency should put "renewed emphasis" on research and development for ballistic missile defense systems while transferring the responsibility for operating and maintaining key programs to the services as quickly as possible, according to a report by the Institute for Defense Analyses. "The MDA should remain a defense agency whose principal focus is [research, development, test and engineering] to develop, field, and integrate ballistic missile defense capabilities, including follow-on RDT&E," states the August report, mandated by Congress. "In...
