The head of the Missile Defense Agency this week hammered contractors for not paying sufficient attention to quality control.rn"I have gone to a point where I am withholding funding for current contracts because I don't see the level of scrutiny and a level of culture necessary for the precision work that's required - not in engineers' design capability, but actually in manufacturing," Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly told attendees of a March 22 missile defense conference in Washington.rnMDA Executive Director and retired Rear Adm. David Altwegg first told reporters during a Feb. 1 briefing on the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget request of the organization's quality-control concerns.
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