The MDA also continues to develop its Glide-Phase Interceptor, capable of eliminating hypersonic missile threats, and is asking for $209 million in FY24 to fund an ongoing competition between Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman. The MDA is also requesting $80.4 million to configure Aegis for land-based defense on Guam and integration with dispersed AN/TPY-6 radar and multiple launchers, according to Pentagon budget documents. Testing will continue through the summer and into the fall, followed by formal acceptance by the U.S. Hill said the construction issues that have long plagued the Poland site are in the rearview mirror and the agency is now conducting combat system installation and testing. The MDA is still working to reach operational capability at another Aegis Ashore site in Poland and is seeking $2.4 million to complete the site. The Aegis Ashore system, meant to offer regional defense for Europe, has been operational in Romania since 2016. The MDA is requesting $693.7 million for Navy Aegis ships that also provide regional missile defense and more than $800 million to buy 27 Aegis SM-3 Block IB missiles and 12 Aegis SM-3 Block IIA missiles. Part of the effort includes development of the AN/TPY-6 radar for 360-degree coverage, long-range midcourse discrimination, precision tracking and hit assessment. The architecture will be comprised of MDA, U.S. Jon Hill, MDA’s director, said during the March 13 briefing. The architecture will defend against ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missile threats, “so you need a sensor architecture, you need command-and-control and you need weapons that are in launchers,” Vice Adm. The MDA proposes spending nearly half of the $800 million to continue design and development of the integrated missile defense architecture for the island. The agency is asking for more than $800 million to develop and begin constructing its architecture to defend Guam from air and missile threats. That funding will be devoted to building the missile defense architecture in Guam, Atkinson said. According to budget documents, the agency wants to increase military construction spending even more in FY25 to $524 million.
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