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Missile Defense Agency outlines program progress and schedule risks for next‑generation interceptors
Summary
The Missile Defense Agency told the House subcommittee it is committed to delivering a next‑generation interceptor (NGI) and is exploring acceleration options for glide‑phase and hypersonic defenses, while acknowledging schedule risks tied to solid rocket motor development and prior down‑select decisions.
The Missile Defense Agency told the House Strategic Forces Subcommittee that its highest priority remains fielding the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) and that several hypersonic and glide‑phase programs face schedule pressure tied to prior funding and procurement decisions.
Lieutenant General Heath Collins described a multidecade role for MDA in national missile defense architecture and said that NGI remains “our largest and highest priority program for homeland defense.” He said last…
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