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Congress Defense Reconciliation Includes $1.5 billion for Sentinel Risk Reduction

Congress Defense Reconciliation Includes $1.5 billion for Sentinel Risk Reduction
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center conducted its first full-scale static test fire of the LGM-35A Sentinel stage-one solid rocket motor at the Northrop Grumman test facility in Promontory, Utah, on March 2 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Both chambers of Congress released a $150 billion defense reconciliation bill over the weekend that includes $1.5 billion for Sentinel risk reduction and $500 million for Minuteman III improvements. The bill also includes $800 million for accelerated next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) deployment and development. Sentinel, an ICBM currently being built by Northrop Grumman [NOC], will eventually replace the Boeing [BA]-made Minuteman III as the Air Force’s silo-based, nuclear-armed ICBM sometime in the 2030s while the Minuteman III is still…

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