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Senate Appropriators Advise $200 Million Add For Sentinel

Senate Appropriators Advise $200 Million Add For Sentinel
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sterling Williams, the new 319th Missile Squadron commander, speaks at the change of command ceremony at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. on June 27. The 319th is under the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren and covers Nebraska (U.S. Air Force Photo)

While the U.S. Air Force says it is restructuring the LGM-35A Sentinel next generation ICBM program and taking back the 2020 engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) decision, Senate appropriators are recommending adding $200 million in EMD funds in fiscal 2025. The Senate Appropriations Committee would bump the $3.7 billion Air Force request for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Sentinel to $3.9 billion. The added $200 million would be "for Sentinel industrial base risk reduction and prototyping to keep the supply base…

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