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Pentagon

Pentagon Inspector General Outlines Quality Problems On Missile Defense Kill Vehicle

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, September 9th, 2014

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Pentagon Inspector General Outlines Quality Problems On Missile Defense Kill Vehicle

The GMD interceptor launch in June. Photo: Raytheon

The Pentagon’s inspector general has issued a report criticizing the Missile Defense Agency and its contractors for quality control problems on the kill vehicle for the long-range ballistic missile defense program. Boeing [BA] is the prime contractor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, while Raytheon [RTN] is the subcontractor that provides the exo-atmospheric kill vehicle, or EKV, that was the subject of the IG report released Monday. The report found 48 instances of compliance violations, mainly in the areas…

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