On March 6, 2023, the U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corporation reached a significant milestone in developing the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). A full-scale qualification ...

Troy Meink, the nominee for Secretary of the Air Force, has vowed to prioritize nuclear modernization efforts, particularly focusing on the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program.

The shutdown-ending deal that reopened the federal government did more than avert missed paychecks and shuttered offices. It quietly steered nearly $1 billion in fresh money toward the US Air Force's ...

This month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released findings on the Air Force’s troubled transition from the aging, silo-based Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to its ...

Money has been allocated for construction related to the B-21 Raider bomber and Sentinel ICBM. Nuclear modernization is a priority for the Air Force, but some cost overruns and delays have affected ...

If all goes according to plan, the Sentinel program will go operational in 2030 and serve through 2075. This year, America’s Minuteman III nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will be ...

The US Air Force's new ICBM Sentinel faces major delays and cost overruns. The service may have to rely on its 50-year-old Minuteman III's for much longer than anticipated. A host of logistical and ...

Heavier, faster, more lethal, cyber hardened and more reliable are just a few of the attributes woven into the US Air Force’s new Sentinel ICBM, a revamped weapons modernization effort slated to ...

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The U.S. Air Force will pay the bill to modify a Boeing 747-8 obtained from the Qatari government into a temporary presidential transport aircraft using funds diverted from the delayed Northrop ...

Intercontinental ballistic missiles are massively expensive, environmentally hazardous, and dubiously successful as a deterrent—even Donald Trump recognizes the madness of modernizing strategic ...

The tests demonstrated the Minuteman III's continued readiness, the Air Force said, as the next ICBM remains in the works.