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Air Force

Defense Budget Funds Missile Defense Capability Improvements–Including MEADS, PAC-3

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

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In support of administration priorities, the fiscal year 2013 budget request for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is $7.7 billion, down from $8.4 billion in FY '12, with funding reductions in various programs to support Defense Department goals. The budget request $9.7 billion for missile defense activities for FY '13, for a total of $47.4 billion from FY 13-17. MDA and the Army are missile defense program developers. Other DoD activities invest and build air and missile defense capabilities. For…

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