
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is planning a $12 billion realignment and redevelopment of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system after the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) was cancelled, according to a Senate panel bill report. Earlier this week, the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee recommended appropriating a $728 million realignment within the MDA FY 2019 and 2020 funds in the wake of the RKV change. Of that funding, the subcommittee recommended $222 million of it be new funding to help transition from…