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Missile Defense

Budget Issues Limits MDA Development In Hypersonic Defense

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022

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Budget Issues Limits MDA Development In Hypersonic Defense

Concept art of hypersonic missile defense systems. (Image: Northrop Grumman)

This week the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said the program to intercept hypersonic weapons is being throttled due to funding issues. Last November, MDA selected Raytheon Technologies [RTX], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] to complete accelerated concept designs for the hypersonic defense interceptor (Defense Daily, Nov. 22, 2021). At the time, MDA said these prototype designs are expected to fit within the current Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, fired from Aegis-capable destroyers using Vertical Launch…

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