A U.S. Army proposal to hand over development and procurement responsibility of the Patriot air and missile defense system to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) would not adversely affect the program, the MDA's top official told lawmakers May 26. The Defense Department has yet to decide whether to move Patriot and the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System — or IBCS — to the MDA's purview, Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, the MDA's director, said during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee.
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