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Lawmakers Seeks Hawaii Missile Defense Sensor Report After Radar Canceled

Tuesday, June 20th, 2023

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Lawmakers Seeks Hawaii Missile Defense Sensor Report After Radar Canceled

A company rendering of the potential Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii in Oahu, Hawaii. (Rendering: Lockheed Martin)

A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel’s mark of its section of the fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill seeks a report on missile defense sensor coverage for Hawaii after a previous Hawaii-based radar system was scrubbed while the Defense Department seeks a more limited new sensor. The HASC Strategic Forces subcommittee mark included language that noted the FY ‘23 defense budget request “effectively canceled all activities for the Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii [HDR-H] due to ongoing reevaluation of the missile…

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