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Work to Continue on Sentinel, As DoD/USAF Examine How to Restructure Program

Frank Wolfe

Monday, July 15th, 2024

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Work to Continue on Sentinel, As DoD/USAF Examine How to Restructure Program

Missileers from the 321st Missile Squadron practice procedures in the trainer at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. on May 29 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Work on the U.S. Air Force LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC] is to go forward, as the service and DoD acquisition chief William LaPlante consider how to restructure the program, an Air Force official said on July 15. "Work can still continue under the contract that exists today," Lt. Gen. Andrew Gebara, the Air Force's deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, told a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies' virtual forum. "We don't want…

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