The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program was scheduled to use a Thursday flight test to collect data in space for the first time, according to officials from prime contractor Boeing [BA].Boeing GMD Program Director Norm Tew said Wednesday that Thursday’s flight test, CTV-2, would use a target, but not intercept it, to prove out particular improvements. These, he said, include a set of redesigned divert thrusters on the kill vehicle, of which MDA will fire each…
