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Space

Companies Await MDA Verdict On Air-Launched Hit-to-Kill Programs

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Monday, August 31st, 2009

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As the Pentagon begins shifting the focus of its missile defenses portfolio from long-range to theater threats, industry teams are eagerly awaiting the results of a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) study likely to determine the funding focus for air-launched hit-to-kill (ALHTK) programs. "If you look at the changing vector of missile defense, MDA is focused on short- and medium-range threats," Mike Booen, Raytheon's vice president for directed energy programs, told sister publication Defense Daily during an Aug. 18 telephone interview.…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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Budget

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