DOD Determines Sentinel ICBM Needed Despite 81% Cost Growth

Rendering of the LGM-35A Sentinel.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
The Pentagon will continue with the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, despite an 81% cost increase that brings the overall effort to $140.9 billion. The Defense Department on July 8 announced the results of a review of the program under the Nunn-McCurdy...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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