Boeing announced Feb. 10 that it has delivered the final upgraded missile guidance set for the Minuteman III ICBM to the Air Force. The delivery occurred in December, two months ahead of schedule, and capped nearly seven years of consecutive on-time or early deliveries, the company said. Working with MMIII prime contractor Northrop Grumman, Boeing began providing the MGS units in the late 1990s under the Air Force’s guidance replacement program, which set out to replace the missile’s 1970s-vintage navigational electronics and extend the viability of the Minuteman III out to 2020. “The GRP has grown to be one of the most successful programs in the Air Force,” Sam McCrea, USAF’s acting program manager for the program, states in Boeing’s release. (For more on Minuteman III modernization, read Making It Without a Minuteman IV.)
Pentagon Task Force, FAA to Test Counter-Drone Laser
March 7, 2026
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force announced it would conduct a high-energy laser test with the Federal Aviation Administration less than a month after the use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border prompted the FAA to shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas.