
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week said the agency is still looking for ways to speed up development and deployment of the hypersonic missile defense system and modify other systems, and will include more hypersonic targeting capability into the next increment of Standard Missile (SM)-6 interceptors. “Our focus is on bringing a layered capability to bear, the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) is the core of the weapon we need in the future that…