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MDA Drafts Proposal Request for New Ballistic Missile Interceptors

MDA Drafts Proposal Request for New Ballistic Missile Interceptors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Jeff Brody

The Missile Defense Agency has drafted a request for proposals on interceptors that will work to deter North Korean missiles, Breaking Defense reported Friday. MDA seeks to initiate the Next Generation Interceptor program that will succeed the Pentagon’s canceled Redesigned Kill Vehicle program.

The original Boeing-led RKV program aimed to produce new ground-based interceptors intended as replacements for the Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle. DoD canceled the old program due to feasibility issues. DoD distributed the new program’s RFP draft to industry representatives during an Aug. 29 event two weeks following RKV’s termination.

“There are no paybacks due and we learned quite a lot that we’ll carry forward into the next-generation interceptor,” said Mike Griffin, research and engineering chief at the Pentagon, who decided on RKV’s cancellation.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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