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Missile Defense

2020 MDA Budget Request Delays RKV By Two Years, Delaying New GBIs

Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

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2020 MDA Budget Request Delays RKV By Two Years, Delaying New GBIs

A Missile Defense Agency Ground-Based Interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. as part of Flight Test Ground-Based Interceptor (FTG)-15. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) FY 2020 budget request documents released Tuesday said the agency’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program will be delayed by two years, which will in turn push out installation of the 20 additional Ground-Based Interceptors that will use them. The RKV program aims to improve reliability of the GBIs, the interceptors for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) ballistic missile defense system. There are currently 44 GBIs, with 40 based at Ft. Greely, Alaska. In FY ’18…

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