Northrop Grumman has successfully completed the first launch of its digitally redesigned Intercontinental Ballistic Missile target vehicle, marking a new capability for missile defence flight test missions.
Airmen from the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron used the Airborne Launch Control System on a U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury to launch an unarmed Minuteman III missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 5 November 2025.
The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 5 November 2025.
The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs carried out four scheduled test flights of unarmed Trident II D5LE missiles from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine off the east coast of Florida between 17 and 21 September.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Air Force lacks a transition risk management plan as it prepares to replace the ageing Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system with the Sentinel.
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Northrop Grumman is at the forefront of U.S. efforts to modernise all three legs of the Nuclear Triad to maintain a credible deterrent in an evolving global security environment.
Twentieth Air Force reached a key milestone in June with the first Instructor Qualification Course under the newly re-established Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Center of Excellence, or ICE, held from 2-6 June 2025.
The U.S. Air Force successfully completed a full-scale qualification test of the stage-two solid rocket motor for the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on 20 July.
The Sentinel system is part of a comprehensive modernization program focused on providing a secure land leg of the nation’s nuclear triad for decades to come.
The ICBM test programme is vital for continuing force development and supports assessments by the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and U.S. Strategic Command
The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has scheduled an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for 21 May, between 12:01 and 5:01 a.m.
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The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched the NROL-174 mission aboard a Minotaur IV rocket.
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