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Flight Test For W87-1 Planned For Next Calendar Year, Sandia Says

Sarah Salem

Wednesday, May 21st, 2025

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A non-Sentinel flight test for the W87-1 warhead is planned for next calendar year, a spokesperson for Sandia National Laboratories told sister publication The Exchange Monitor in an email Monday. “Even with the disruption with the Sentinel program, we’ve been able to continue to keep that program on track,” Laura McGill, director of Sandia, said in response to a question by the Monitor in a virtual press conference. “We’ve actually been able to modify the way we do our development in partnership with…

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