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Peraton Secures $360M Air Force IDIQ Contract to Support Minuteman III ICBM System; Tom Afferton Quoted

Peraton announced on Wednesday that the company has received an 18-year, $360 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue its work performing software analysis and testing for the Minuteman III ICBM System. "For more than 45 years, Peraton has proudly partnered with the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense to support the Minuteman III systems," said Tom Afferton.

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by William McCormick April 28, 2021, 10:25 am
in Government Technology, News

Kathy Warden: Northrop Optimistic on Nuclear Modernization Initiatives Under New Admin

Kathy Warden, chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said she “is very confident“ that nuclear modernization programs would still get government backing in the event that a new president gets elected, Inside Defense reported Thursday.

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by Jane Edwards October 23, 2020, 5:43 am
in Government Technology, News

Northrop’s Kathy Warden: Air Force’s Urgency to Replace ICBM Keeps GBSD Program on Pace

Kathy Warden, chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said she believes future budget pressures as a result of the coronavirus pandemic will not have an impact on the schedule of the U.S. Air Force's $85B Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile program, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.

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by Jane Edwards May 28, 2020, 3:49 am
in Government Technology, News

Air Force Concludes Initial Review of Northrop’s GBSD System Design

The U.S. Air Force conducted in late April a three-day preliminary design review of Northrop Grumman“™s proposed system for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile program, the service branch reported Friday.

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by Jane Edwards May 18, 2020, 3:58 am
in Contract Awards, News

Textron Lands $51M Minuteman III Missile Antenna Delivery Contract Modification

Textron Systems has received a 10-year, $51.3M contract modification to provide multiprobe antenna systems for the U.S. Air Force“™s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers July 15, 2019, 5:41 am
in Industry News, News

Boeing Gets $70M Modification on Air Force Minuteman III Missile Support Contract

Boeing has received a $70.5M contract modification to support the U.S. Air Force‘s flight test, telemetry and termination program for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system. The modification revises ICBM specifications related to cable and antenna test requirements, flight termination receiver, electronic interference and parts management plan, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work is scheduled to […] More

by Matthew Nelson November 14, 2018, 5:50 am
in News, Products & Service

Boeing, Northrop Draft Requirements for Next Phase of ICBM Replacement Program

Boeing and Northrop Grumman have started setting the requirements for the next phase of a program that aims to replace the U.S. Air Force“™s aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Patricia Dare, team lead for strategic deterrence systems at Boeing, said the firm will provide the Air Force with a set of […] More

by Monica Jackson November 5, 2018, 3:57 am
in Industry News, News

Boeing Presents Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Designs to Air Force

The U.S. Air Force has received Boeing“™s design options for a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system envisioned to thwart nuclear threats over the next five decades. Boeing said Friday it completed a system requirements review for the service branch’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program in November, three months after the company won a $349.1 million contract to support GBSD technology maturation and risk reduction efforts. […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers July 23, 2018, 8:25 am
in Industry News, News

Boeing, Northrop Begin Ground-Based ICBM Design Concept Development

Boeing and Northrop Grumman have started to develop designs of the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile for the U.S. Air Force, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. The service branch awarded in August 2017 approximately $678 million in combined contracts to Boeing and Northrop to perform technology maturation and risk reduction work on the GBSD program. GBSD […] More

by Jane Edwards February 28, 2018, 4:15 am
in Industry News, News

Boeing Completes System Requirements Review for ICBM Replacement Program

Boeing has completed a system requirements assessment with the U.S. Air Force under a program that seeks to modernize a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile system for the military branch’s nuclear deterrence mission. The first key review for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program aimed to assess technical requirements prior to the design and development of the system, Boeing said Thursday. The Air […] More

by Scott Nicholas December 1, 2017, 4:43 am
in Industry News, News

Boeing Gets 1st Task Order Under Air Force Minuteman III Weapon Support IDIQ

Boeing has received a five-year, $23.3 million initial task order to help the U.S. Air Force operate and maintain the service branch’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system for nuclear deterrence. The company will also provide technical data on the land-based weapon system as part of the order that falls under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, […] More

by Nichols Martin September 21, 2017, 3:35 am
in Industry News, News

Aerojet Rocketdyne to Help Boeing Perform Tech Maturation Work on Ground-Based ICBM Program

Aerojet Rocketdyne will offer propulsion system support to help Boeing conduct technology maturation and risk reduction work for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent acquisition program. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday that the GBSD program looks to create a replacement for the U.S. military’s current Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile units. Boeing received a potential three-year, $349.1 million contract […] More

by Scott Nicholas September 1, 2017, 9:14 am

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