A six-month delay due to first article testing issues should not affect the timely delivery of Boeing's AGM-86 Air Launch Cruise Missile Warhead Arming Device, according to officials at Boeing's Strategic Fabrication Center in Heath, Ohio. Boeing's first article testing in June revealed a failure with a component in the nuclear-armed ALCM WAD. The issue had been present since the official design of the WAD, said Ellen Power, director of Boeing's guidance repair center at Heath. The Defense Department in...
