Air Force posts RFI for GBSD re-entry vehicle to carry interoperable warhead

By Rachel Cohen / October 27, 2017 at 12:23 PM
The Air Force is in the early stages of an acquisition program to add the Mark 21A re-entry vehicle to the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, according to a recently released request for information. "This program will enter the acquisition life cycle at milestone A and conduct [the technology-maturation and risk-reduction] phase beginning in fiscal year 2019," the Oct. 25 RFI states . "The TMRR objectives are to reduce technical risk by maturing a preliminary design and demonstrating the technologies in a...

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