Air Force reassessing how to meet Sentinel requirements following certification

By Shelley K. Mesch / July 23, 2024 at 4:02 PM
While it's creating a new acquisition strategy for the Sentinel nuclear missile program, the Air Force will be reassessing how the program can meet the requirements set by U.S. nuclear policy for the ground leg of the triad, the service under secretary said today. “We are taking a hard look with our industry partners at how we’re going to restructure the program to address the cost overruns as well as the root causes that caused the Nunn-McCurdy breach,” Melissa Dalton...

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