The Air Force must continue maintaining Minuteman III nuclear missiles longer than expected, with the Sentinel successor requiring a major restructuring.

This test is crucial in validating the motor’s design, moving the program closer to production and deployment.

The Sentinel ICBM, a $100 billion U.S. nuclear missile program, is set to replace the aging Minuteman III. However, rising costs and development challenges raise concerns that even $100 billion ...

But the ground-based systems for Sentinel ... silo cover at Vandenberg can be seen sliding open before the test Minuteman launches in a burst of fire and roars into the pre-dawn sky. The missile ...

On Thursday, Lieutenant Colonel Suzanne Lamar will assume command of a group modernizing the testing and evaluation ...

contributes to the development of the new-generation strategic missile system known as Sentinel, according to Yevgeny Babichev, an expert in military cosmonautics who spoke with TASS. Earlier on ...

A Boeing-led team completed the construction of 20 new missile silos for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense, or GMD, system at Fort Greely, Alaska. Shown here is a 2023 GMD test at Vandenberg ...

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Carey Smith highlights the Air Force's ground-based nuclear missile replacement ... wants to rejoin the Air Force’s Sentinel program for upgrading the U.S ...