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Missile Defense

MDA Plans $12 Billion GMD Realignment, Senate Bill Requires Workforce Assessment

Friday, September 13th, 2019

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MDA Plans $12 Billion GMD Realignment, Senate Bill Requires Workforce Assessment

A Missile Defense Agency Ground-Based Interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. as part of Flight Test Ground-Based Interceptor (FTG)-15. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

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…

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