Lord weighing decision on Army request to begin IAMD production

摘要

The Pentagon's acquisition executive is readying a verdict on the Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense program -- a $7.9 billion effort vital to U.S. ground-force plans to detect, track and defeat modern air threats -- following last week's milestone review where the service requested permission to pivot from development to initial production. On Dec. 18, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustain-ment Ellen Lord conducted a milestone C review of the Northrop Grumman-led program, according to an Army spokesman. Lord has not yet issued an acquisition decision memorandum, said the spokesman.