The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill Air Force Base in Utah has awarded Lockheed Martin a $996 million, 16-year contract for the Mark 21A reentry vehicle, which will carry nuclear weapons on the planned LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile. The contract "provides for ...
The Air Force is examining how to reduce the massive civil works project costs that make up a significant part of the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM program, service officials said Wednesday. The service last week informed Congress of a 37% unit cost Nunn-McCurdy program breach...
Gen. Colin Connor, the Air Force's director of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization, said on Wednesday that the new LGM-35 Sentinel, formerly known as the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, can carry several of the W87-0 or W87-1 warheads.Dan Parsons...
The LGM-35A Sentinel program manager filed a program deviation report with the Air Force, as first reported by Bloomberg, the spokeswoman confirmed. The report, filed Dec. 11, is a notification that the project may have exceeded acquisition program baselines set in 2020.Shelley K. Mesch...
Gen. Colin Connor, the Air Force's director of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)modernization, said on Wednesday that the new LGM-35 Sentinel, formerly known as theGround-Based Strategic Deterrent, can carry several of the W87-0 or W87-1 warheads.Dan Parsons...
The Department of the Air Force's $217.5 billion fiscal 2025 budget includes $3.7 billion for the planned LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM as the department looks for cost savings and faces possible delays to address a Nunn-McCurdy breach. Such breaches occur when programs exceed 25% program acquisition...