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USAF Examining Cost Reductions, Management Structure Changes for Sentinel

USAF Examining Cost Reductions, Management Structure Changes for Sentinel
Pictured is a U.S. Air Force illustration of an LGM-35A Sentinel missile silo.

The U.S. Air Force is examining how to reduce the massive civil works project costs that make up a significant part of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM program, Air Force officials said on Jan. 24. The service last week informed Congress of a 37 percent unit cost Nunn-McCurdy program breach--an increase in unit cost per missile from $118 million in 2020 to $162 million. The total program cost is now more than $125 billion compared to more…

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