Pentagon budget 2022: Aegis Ashore requests USD43.2 million, Polish construction delays continue
by Daniel Wasserbly
The US Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) Aegis Ashore missile interceptor system is slated to receive USD43.2 million in fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) to develop improvements, support operations in Romania, and finish construction at a site in Poland.
MDA said in FY 2022 it would “continue High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse Combat System hardening in Romania”, and that a long-delayed Aegis Ashore site in Poland is expected to be available by 2022 – at least three years late due to construction delays.
Construction is over 90% complete in Poland, MDA’s director for operations Michelle Atkinson told reporters on 28 May.