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People Make the Difference: Sustaining and Modernizing America’s ICBM Enterprise

April 12, 2021

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The nuclear enterprise is built on trust and experience. Sustaining and modernizing that enterprise is a delicate business. Darrell Graddy, president of Integrated ICBM Support Services, a joint venture company formed by Leidos, Amentum, and Apex, shares a vision for sustaining ICBM systems today and the imperative to modernize both the missile systems and the infrastructure for tomorrow.   

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