Senate legislation would mandate exacting oversight of NGI development

摘要

Senate lawmakers want rigorous oversight measures imposed on the Next Generation Interceptor program - the $17 billion acquisition launched after the Missile Defense Agency sank $1.2 billion and many years of development into the terminated Redesigned Kill Vehicle - proposing new legislation mandating routine updates to Congress, including frequent independent cost and technical reviews. The Senate Armed Services Committee, in its version of the fiscal year 2022 defense policy bill, is proposing a new requirement mandating MDA provide Congress and congressional auditors detailed "accountability matrices" that can be used to assess progress in the project to field by 2028 a new guided missile to protect the United States from long-range, nuclear-armed North Korean missiles.