The Air Force has given Lockheed Martin a $996 million contract to produce a reentry vehicle (RV) for its new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile by Oct. 20, 2039.
ICBM Modernization and Sustainment
The threat posed by the People’s Republic of China is “extremely real” and "tangible,” key operational leaders from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., said Oct. 30, pointing to China’s moves to improve its military in response to the U.S.’s robust bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...
CCA's take shape; Modernizing the Battle Network; Scheduling the new nukes; CMSSF Towberman bids farewell.
To achieve the Sentinel ICBMS's ambitious initial operational service date, the Air Force and Office of the Secretary of Defense have accelerated some steps to add margin to a program with little to spare.
Nominated to become the 23rd Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. David W. Allvin answered roughly two hours of questions from lawmakers on Sept. 12 as part of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. While Allvin, currently...
U.S. Strategic Command is facing “low margin transition” with its triad of air, land, and underwater nuclear forces being modernized simultaneously, officials say. ”I think we as a nation understand that it's not a ‘Should we?’ It’s a ‘We must,’” STRATCOM commander Gen. Anthony J. ...
Airmen and Guardians from Air Force Global Strike Command and 30th Space Launch Delta launched an unarmed ICBM, the Minuteman III, equipped with three test re-entry vehicles on Sept. 6.
Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, head of U.S. Strategic Command, made his first visit to the western Pacific region since assuming office on Dec. 9 last year, holding talks on strategic deterrence with senior leaders from both Japan and South Korea.
The Air Force has found residue of a harmful and possibly carcinogenic substance at intercontinental ballistic missile facilities at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., it announced Aug. 24. According to service officials, military bioenvironmental experts found elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in an underground ...