The LGM-35A Sentinel program is a Pentagon horror story of overfunding and delays—but a working missile may finally be within reach.

The U.S. Air Force's troubled Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program faces significant risks from software delays and an extended reliance on the aging Minuteman III system. However, a ...

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are achieving substantial progress across the Sentinel program, advancing toward ...

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 ...

The Pentagon is looking at competition in the software and support construction realms for the Northrop Grumman future LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM, a top ...

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 United States Air Force ...

AURORA, Colorado—The Pentagon won’t have new cost estimates for the way-over-budget Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program until year’s end, officials said, though they expressed optimism ...

For over six decades, the American homeland has been under the protective umbrella of the so-called nuclear triad, consisting of land-, air-, and sea-launched nuclear missiles. And that will probably ...

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 ...

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 ...