Boeing Delivers US Missile Interceptor After Years of Delays
- New interceptor for ground-based system is three years late
- GAO discloses belated delivery in its missile defense report
Boeing’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense
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Boeing Co. has delivered a missile interceptor for the US’s ground-based system three years late after overcoming vexing subcontractor quality problems, congressional auditors said.
The delivery in December, which wasn’t previously announced, followed “production challenges” because “the boost vehicle contractor mishandled a key avionics component and had to build a new one,” the Government Accountability Office said Thursday in its annual report on US ground and sea-based missile defense programs.