
The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee cut nearly half of a Defense Department request to start working on air and missile defenses for Guam due to a lack of detailed information. The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) FY ‘22 budget request sought over $118 million for the initial development of integrated air and missile defense systems for Guam. This was divided into $78.3 million to assess systems to support Guam defense and $40 million in procurement of long-lead items (Defense Daily, June…