
An annual audit of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recommended it use an independent assessment of the process for developing and executing the annual missile defense system flight test plan after finding only 37 percent of tests occurred on schedule over the last decade. The GAO’s annual report on the missile defense systems, "Assessment of Testing Approach Needed as Delays and Changes Persist," published July 23, found that while MDA made progress in its mission defending against ballistic missiles during…