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DoD Nunn-McCurdy Review of Sentinel to Wrap Up in Six Weeks

DoD Nunn-McCurdy Review of Sentinel to Wrap Up in Six Weeks
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Colin Connor, Air Force Global Strike Command's director of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile modernization, center, speaks with members of the 40th and 550th Helicopter Squadrons at Malmstrom AFB, Mont. on Dec. 13. The Air Force said that Malmstrom AFB is to receive the Boeing/Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter in 2024 to replace the aging Textron UH-1N Hueys in the missile fields (U.S. Air Force Photo).

The U.S. Air Force and DoD are to complete a Nunn-McCurdy review of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel next generation ICBM in the next six weeks, Pentagon acquisition chief William LaPlante said on May 15. "In the case of the Nunn-McCurdy [breach], I've committed to working with the Air Force and with the cross DoD team to go through the letter of the law and make sure that, if we do recertify it, and it's not a guarantee that…

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