
Pentagon terminates program for redesigned kill vehicle, preps …
2019年8月21日 · The Department of Defense decided to terminate the current Boeing contract to develop the RKV — effective Aug. 22 — “due to technical design problems,” according to an Aug. 21 statement by ...
Pentagon Cancels Multi-Billion - Breaking Defense
2019年8月21日 · WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is canceling a multi-billion dollar contract with Boeing for a new ballistic missile interceptor, putting a stop to an effort that had been riddled with problems and drawn...
Pentagon cancels contract for billion-dollar missile ‘kill vehicle’
2019年8月21日 · The Defense Department will officially shut down the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program on Thursday “due to technical design problems,” according to Missile Defense Agency spokesman Mark ...
DoD Scraps Missile Defense Agency’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle
2019年8月21日 · The Defense Department on Wednesday said it was canceling the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program, effective Aug. 22, due to technical design problems that are too hard or costly to fix. The Pentagon said it will instead start a competition for a new next-generation interceptor with a new kill vehicle.
A New Generation of Homeland Missile Defense Interceptors
2019年11月12日 · In August 2019, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Dr. Michael Griffin cancelled the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program, a long-running effort to replace the kill vehicles on older Ground-Based Interceptors (GBI) designed to defend the nation from a long-range ballistic missile attack as part of the Ground-based Midcourse ...
GAO Finds MDA Had Numerous Warnings About RKV Issues, …
2020年7月23日 · According to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) was warned numerous times about problems with the now-canceled Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program as costs more than tripled before it was terminated.
Missile Defense Agency: ‘Kill vehicle’ contract cancellation won…
2019年8月30日 · The Pentagon's decision last week to cancel a billion-dollar contract held by Boeing Co., due to problems with the "kill vehicle" payload on interceptor missiles like those at Fort Greely, won't...
Pentagon officially cancels RKV contract | InsideDefense.com
2019年8月21日 · Pentagon officially cancels RKV contract. By Courtney Albon / August 21, 2019 at 3:19 PM Tweet; The Pentagon will officially terminate its contract with Boeing for the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, following a decision in May to stop work on the program and consider new development alternatives in light of "insurmountable" technical design flaws.
SASC Member Presses STRATCOM Head Nominee on RKV Cancellation
2019年10月24日 · The Senate Armed Services Committee wants more answers as to why the Defense Department canceled the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) from the likely next leader of U.S. Strategic Command, and a commitment to keep members abreast of …
Pentagon Cancels Redesigned Kill Vehicle Program
2019年8月22日 · Following the Missile Defense Agency’s stop-work order in May, the Pentagon announced on August 21 its termination of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program. The RKV was intended to replace the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicles (EKV) fitted on U.S. Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) located in Alaska and California.