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Missile Defense

MDA, Army Refuse Payment To Poland Aegis Ashore Builder Amid Slow Construction

Friday, March 13th, 2020

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MDA, Army Refuse Payment To Poland Aegis Ashore Builder Amid Slow Construction

Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System site in Poland under construction in September 2019 at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Army Corps of Engineers are using a “carrot and stick approach” including refusing payments to get the contractor on track to finish building the years-delayed Aegis Ashore Poland site, officials said Thursday. MDA director Vice Adm. Jon Hill told the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee that after conferring with the Army Corps of Engineers the Corps “has refused to offer payment to submittals that are coming in from the company today from the…

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