{"id":64253,"date":"2023-06-01T01:52:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T01:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/01\/air-force-general-set-to-lead-missile-defense-agency\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:56:20","slug":"air-force-general-set-to-lead-missile-defense-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/06\/01\/air-force-general-set-to-lead-missile-defense-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force general set to lead Missile Defense Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Air Force Maj. Gen. Heath Collins will pin on a third star and become the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2023\/03\/13\/missile-defense-agency-prioritizes-guam-in-budget-proposal\/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Missile%20Defense%20Agency%E2%80%99s%20%2410.9%20billion,but%20received%20nearly%20%241%20billion%20more%20from%20Congress.\" target=\"_blank\">Missile Defense Agency\u2019s<\/a> next director, according to the Pentagon\u2019s general officer announcement on May 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins will replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/08\/19\/us-missile-defense-agency-boss-reveals-his-goals-challenges-on-the-job\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vice Adm. Jon Hill<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2022\/08\/12\/missile-defense-agency-priorities-include-hypersonics-guam-hill-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">has served as director since 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force general is currently the MDA\u2019s program executive officer for Ground-Based Weapons Systems at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Within that $3.4 billion portfolio, Collins manages the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/08\/09\/pentagon-eyes-broader-missile-defense-amid-calls-for-more-advanced-countermeasures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System<\/a>, consisting of interceptors in the ground at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, designed to intercept potential intercontinental ballistic missiles from North Korea and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also under his purview is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/03\/10\/missile-defense-agency-fires-patriot-missile-from-thaad-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system<\/a>, four Joint U.S. and Israeli programs and other classified programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins previously was the Air Force\u2019s<b> <\/b>program executive officer for weapons<b> <\/b>and director of the armament directorate, where he worked on the Air Force\u2019s $92 billion non-nuclear weapons, munitions and ammunition portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general began his military career in 1993 as a missile analyst in the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the services are moving to develop offensive hypersonic capability, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/05\/17\/successful-test-could-rally-air-force-hypersonics-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">Collins recently oversaw the ups and downs of the Air Force\u2019s AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon development<\/a>, or ARRW, which experienced a successful test last year. Amid a slew of failed test events before and after its successful one, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/03\/30\/us-air-force-drops-lockheed-hypersonic-missile-after-failed-tests\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force decided to drop the Lockheed Martin-developed program<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Collins will oversee an MDA program in its nascent phase of development \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/06\/24\/raytheon-northrop-advance-in-competition-to-develop-hypersonic-weapons-interceptor\/\" target=\"_blank\">an interceptor capable of taking out hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of flight<\/a>, a difficult technical challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MDA has also spent the last four years working to upgrade the GMD system, which resides in Collins\u2019 current portfolio. Two teams are competing to build a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/06\/27\/industry-teams-move-to-accelerate-work-on-mdas-next-generation-missile-interceptor\/\" target=\"_blank\"> next-generation interceptor <\/a>for the system as the current system undergoes a service life extension program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins will also manage the MDA portion of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/defending-the-pacific\/2023\/03\/17\/first-wave-of-tech-to-defend-guam-from-newer-threats-due-in-2024\/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20first%20wave%20of%20defenses%20designed,U.S.%20Missile%20Defense%20Agency%20director%20said%20this%20week.\" target=\"_blank\">major new venture in Guam to develop a highly capable air and missile defense architecture<\/a> to defend the island territory from continuously evolving and growing threats in the region. Some elements of that architecture include systems already in his purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MDA\u2019s $10.9 billion fiscal 2024 budget request continues to prioritize regional and homeland missile defense with a major focus on building the defensive architecture in Guam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air Force two-star general has been named the next director of the Missile Defense Agency, replacing Vice Adm. 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