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MDA Briefs Industry This Week On Post-RKV Interceptor

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019

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MDA Briefs Industry This Week On Post-RKV Interceptor

The Missile Defense Agency conducted a flight test of a Ground-Based Interceptor carrying a Raytheon Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle on Jan. 26, 2013, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Photo:Missile Defense Agency)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to brief industry this week on a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) acquisition after canceling the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program. The government will hold a Kick-off Industry Day with potential offeror on Aug. 29 at the MDA Von Braun II building at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., the government said in a FedBizOpps (FBO) notice Aug. 23. The agency said meeting notices will be provided on Aug.…

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