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NDAA Pushes MDA To Field Anti-Hypersonic Interceptors Faster, INDOPACOM Missile Defense Architecture

NDAA Pushes MDA To Field Anti-Hypersonic Interceptors Faster, INDOPACOM Missile Defense Architecture
Raytheon Missiles & Defense concept art of a potential ship-based Glide Phase Intercept hypersonic defense system. (Image: Raytheon Technologies)

The fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill, passed last week, kept provisions that push the Missile Defense Agency to operate counter-hypersonic interceptors earlier than currently planned and pushed the Defense Department to develop a missile defense strategy for the Indo-Pacific region. Congress passed the final FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Dec. 13, with $886 billion in defense spending that aligns with the defense topline agreed to in the debt ceiling agreement from earlier in 2023. Congress has…

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