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MDA: NGI Can Only Move So Fast, PDRs In Second Half of 2023

MDA: NGI Can Only Move So Fast, PDRs In Second Half of 2023
Two Ground-Based Interceptors (GBI) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on March 25, 2019, in the first salvo test of an ICBM target. The GBIs successfully intercepted a target launched from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently noted that while the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) competition is proceeding well, the agency is limited in how much faster it can proceed and said the reviews of the bids will occur on different timelines, with the next reviews expected to occur starting next summer. Vice Adm. Jon Hill, director of the MDA, spoke about the competition during a Defense News webcast recorded here during the annual Space…

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