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MDA Exec Chastens Contractors In Wake of Major Launch Failure

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

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By Marina Malenic Following a failed intercept in a flight test of the Pentagon's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, a senior Missile Defense Agency (MDA) official criticized industry for quality control problems with MDA programs across the board. "I'm not going to name names today, but I'm going to tell you we continue to be disappointed in the quality that we are receiving from our prime contractors and their subs-- very, very disappointed," said David Altwegg, the agency's executive director…

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