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Missile Defense

DoD Scraps Missile Defense Agency’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019

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DoD Scraps Missile Defense Agency’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle

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 Defense Department on Wednesday said it was canceling the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program, effective Aug. 22, due to technical design problems that are too hard or costly to fix. The Pentagon said it will instead start a competition for a new next-generation interceptor with a new kill vehicle. Michael Griffin, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, decided to cancel the program on Aug. 14, with Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist agreeing with the decision, the…

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