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USAF Explores Possible Minuteman III Development, Operations, Sustainment Program

USAF Explores Possible Minuteman III Development, Operations, Sustainment Program
Pictured are U.S. Air Force personnel from the 10th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom AFB, Mont. conducting simulated ICBM checklist procedures in a launch control center trainer on May 21 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center may hold an industry day in late August at Hill AFB, Utah to gauge industry capacity to support a possible ICBM Development, Operations, and Sustainment (IDOS) program for the Boeing [BA] Minuteman III (MMIII). Such a contract would "ensure continued operational readiness, availability, reliability, and maintainability of the MMIII weapon system and associated programs through end of life," according to a Friday business notice. "The MMIII weapon system is tracked through a work…

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