Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By July 2024, the public knew the program had blown its budget. But the announcement was nonetheless staggering. The projected ...

Attendees tour the LGM-35A Sentinel munitions storage igloos at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Dec. 1, 2025. (Staff Sgt. Joshua LeRoi/Space Force) The U.S. Air Force’s troubled Sentinel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Attendees tour the LGM-35A Sentinel munitions storage igloos at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Dec. 1, 2025. (Staff Sgt.

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 troubled Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program will hit a key milestone by year’s end, with hopes to deliver the initial ICBM by the early 2030s, Pentagon and Air Force officials ...

Software delays related to the U.S. Air Force’s future LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile could pose “significant risks” to the program, requiring the U.S. to continue using the ...

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., says concerns over software delays for the Sentinel program aren't new, and the first test launch is expected for next year.

The Air Force has developed planning documents for the transition from Minuteman III to Sentinel but has not developed a risk management plan. The transition was planned to begin in fiscal year 2025, ...

The U.S. Air Force said Tuesday it expects its next-generation LGM-35A Sentinel nuclear missile to reach initial capability in the early 2030s, following a revamp of the over-budget program's ...

The new LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile being developed for the U.S. Air Force is on track with initial capability tests to allow for a decision by the end of the year on whether ...

The projected price of an Air Force program to build a next-generation nuclear missile – dubbed Sentinel – had risen 81%, from $77.7 billion to nearly $141 billion. (That’s the equivalent of Americans ...

F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE – The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host town halls on the Sentinel Program modernization program in March across the tri-state region, including in ...