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MDA Flight Tests Affected By Pandemic, SM-3 IIA ICBM Test Delayed

MDA Flight Tests Affected By Pandemic, SM-3 IIA ICBM Test Delayed
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii, successfully conduct launch a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptor in Flight Test Integrated-03 (FTI-03). (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

Most of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) flight tests planned for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 will be affected by Defense Department measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency said this week. MDA spokeswoman Heather Cavaliere told Defense Daily in an email that due to COVID-19 MDA has either canceled or rescheduled 19 outreach events so far and other events may be affected as well. The agency “is continuing to analyze the impacts to upcoming scheduled…

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