
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Feb. 20 that several recent tests at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif., reflect "significant progress" in the engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) phase of the U.S. Air Force's LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM. "Forward and aft sections of a Sentinel ICBM missile were evaluated through a rigorous test campaign at the company’s Strategic Missile Test and Production Complex in Promontory, Utah," the company said. "The tests lower risk for the program with important data…