MDA Cancels Space-based Kill Assessment in ‘26 Budget Request

Infrared image of missile intercept

An infrared image captures a successful intercept of a threat-representative ICBM target by two long-range, ground-based interceptors under the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s FTG-11 flight test, launched March 25, 2019.

Credit: U.S. Army
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to cancel its Space-based Kill Assessment (SKA) experiment in favor of higher priority Pentagon investments, such as the Golden Dome for America architecture, budget documents show. The funding for that project will instead support a ground system for...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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