US To Accelerate Hypersonic Missile Defense Program - NDAA

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th August, 2018) The United States will accelerate its hypersonic missile defense program and provide a report within 90 days to congressional defense committees, according to the $716-billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019 that President Donald Trump signed on Monday.

"Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) shall accelerate the hypersonic missile defense program of the Missile Defense Agency," the document said.

The NDAA requires head of the Missile Defense Agency to "deploy such program in conjunction with a persistent space-based missile defense sensor program."

NDAA provides 90 days for Missile Defense Agency to submit a report on the hypersonic missile defense program to the US Senate and House of Representatives defense committees.

The report, which may include classified annex along with unclassified content, should provide an estimate of the cost, technical requirements and acquisition plan, the NDAA said.