
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is beginning to start market research to explore the possibility of using a next-generation Common Boost Vehicle (CBV) for its Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors, according to an Aug. 25 request for information (RFI).The RFI, posted to FedBizOpps, is looking at the possibility of delivering the new vehicle by 2024. The CBV would be a new-class of multi-stage booster that uses solid rocket motors (SRM) or a combination of SRM and storable liquid propellant stages.The…