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MDA To First Test Guam Defenses By 2024, Also Near Term LRDR And Two-Stage GBI Tests

MDA To First Test Guam Defenses By 2024, Also Near Term LRDR And Two-Stage GBI Tests
An SM-3 Block IIA was launched from the USS John Finn (DDG-113) on Nov. 16, 2020, as part of FTM-44 to evaluate the feasibility of the SM-3 Block IIA capability to defeat an ICBM threat. (Photo: U.S. Missile Defense Agency)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The acting head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) here Wednesday outlined the upcoming testing schedule for several systems, including the Guam Aegis defense, Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) and Next Generation Interceptor (NGI). Speaking at the annual Space and Missile Defense symposium here, Acting Director of MDA Rear Adm. Doug Williams said that in the immediate future the agency plans to test the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)-range  target with the Lockheed Martin [LMT]…

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