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Northrop Grumman Says Shroud Fly-Off Tests for Sentinel Mark ‘Significant Progress’

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Northrop Grumman Says Shroud Fly-Off Tests for Sentinel Mark ‘Significant Progress’
Pictured is a shroud fly-off Test of the LGM-35A Sentinel at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif. to verify that the shroud did not strike the enclosed payload (Northrop Grumman Photo)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Feb. 20 that several recent tests at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif., reflect "significant progress" in the engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) phase of the U.S. Air Force's LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM. "Forward and aft sections of a Sentinel ICBM missile were evaluated through a rigorous test campaign at the company’s Strategic Missile Test and Production Complex in Promontory, Utah," the company said. "The tests lower risk for the program with important data…

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