MDA Successfully Tests Selectable GBI Boost Vehicle

Ground -ased Interceptor
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency tests a GroundBased Interceptor with a selectable-boost vehicle on Sept. 12.
Credit: Missile Defense Agency
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Boeing on Sept. 12 successfully launched a Ground-Based Interceptor, firing two of its three stages in a test designed to evaluate a new selectable boost vehicle. The test at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, focused on the two-to-three-stage selectable GBI...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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