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GAO Details RKV Issues Add $600 Million In Cost

GAO Details RKV Issues Add $600 Million In Cost
Two Ground-Based Interceptors (GBI) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on March 25, 2019, in the first salvo test of an ICBM target. The GBIs successfully intercepted a target launched from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

An annual Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on missile defense revealed design issues with the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) are expected to increase costs by almost $600 million. GAO said this came after the RKV program was unable to meet its cost and schedule milestones throughout fiscal year 2018 following attempted acceleration stemming from the DoD Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act of 2018 (MDDE) (Defense Daily, Dec. 21, 2017). This law planned an increase in Ground-based Midcourse Defense…

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