AURORA, Colorado— The Pentagon won’t have new cost estimates for the way-over-budget Sentinel intercontinental ballistic ...

The LGM-35A Sentinel will replace the Air Force’s Minuteman III fleet, in service since 1970, with the first of the new ...

The missile, which the Pentagon plans to take the place of the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBMs, would anchor the land-based ...

Switching from the Minuteman III to the Sentinel system, led by Northrop Grumman, involves the replacement of more than 600 ...

We certainly have not lowered the bar, and we certainly have not taken on any risk by doing this,” Air Force Gen. Dale White told Breaking Defense.

The government watchdog’s timeline runs counter to a U.S. Air Force news release that said the Sentinel’s first flight could ...

The Sentinel nuclear missile was originally scheduled for testing in 2026, but faced significant delays after its skyrocketing budget triggered a rare Nunn-McCurdy breach.

The U.S. Air Force expects its next-generation LGM-35A Sentinel nuclear missile to reach initial ...

With the long discussed modernization of the nation’s nuclear missile program finally kicking into gear at other bases in the ...

Security Forces tasked with defending Minuteman III ICBMs currently train for everything from retaking captured silos to ...

The U.S. Air Force is revamping its two biggest nuclear modernization efforts, increasing its capacity to build B-21 Raiders while changing its approach to fielding a massive ICBM program that has ...

The Air Force confirmed the restructuring will be completed in 2026, with testing underway and a first flight planned for 2027.