A Senate panel recommended adding $222 million to the Missile Defense Agency’s FY 2020 budget to help it move from the canceled Redesigned Kill Vehicle to the follow-on Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program. The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee recommended appropriating a $728 million realignment within the MDA FY 2019 and 2020 funds in the wake of the cancellation of the RKV program. MDA canceled the RKV last month after it first announced a two-year delay due to pushing back the…
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