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Prototype, Modular Silo For Sentinel To Aid Construction “At Scale”

Frank Wolfe

Friday, March 27th, 2026

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Prototype, Modular Silo For Sentinel To Aid Construction “At Scale”

Pictured is a Northrop Grumman photo of U.S. Air Force and industry officials at the ground-breaking for a prototype Sentinel silo in Promontory, Utah last month.

Testing of Northrop Grumman's [NOC] and Bechtel's prototype missile silo for the U.S. Air Force LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM is to demonstrate a modular design that the service and industry can repeat for all of the 450 planned, new silos, a Northrop Grumman official said. "Proving out the launch silo concept is critical to creating a repeatable approach that will accelerate deployment of a fully fielded Sentinel system," Sarah Willoughby, vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman's strategic systems,…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]