
The latest annual report by the Pentagon’s top weapons tester said while the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) systems have largely demonstrated several capabilities the biggest challenge is the need for realistic and emerging threat representations in testing the interceptors. The fiscal year 2022 report of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) was released on Jan. 20. It noted MDA performed 24 flight, ground, cybersecurity and high-fidelity modeling and simulation (M&S) tests during FY ‘22. This covered a range…