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Senate Panel Would Redirect HBTSS Funding From SDA Back To MDA

Senate Panel Would Redirect HBTSS Funding From SDA Back To MDA
Concept art of hypersonic missile defense systems. (Image: Northrop Grumman)

A Senate panel would move funding control for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) back to the Missile Defense Agency from the Space Development Agency (SDA), despite administration reorganization efforts. The Senate Appropriation Committee’s draft FY 2021 defense funding bill, released last week, would fund the HBTSS effort at MDA with $140 million, including a direct transfer of $20 million in requested HBTSS funds from SDA to MDA. HBTSS is meant to augment the existing early missile warning…

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