Friday, January 19, 2024

The US Air Force's New Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Program Is Facing Serious Cost Overruns

An artist's concept of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM.  

Air & Space Forces Magazine: New ICBM Has ‘Critical’ Cost and Schedule Overruns, Needs SecDef Certification to Continue 

The new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program being developed by the Air Force and Northrop Grumman will cost 37 percent more than expected and take at least two years longer than previous projections before achieving initial operational capability—compelling the service to extend the life of some of its Minuteman ICBMs, senior service and Northrop officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine. 

Just before close of business Jan. 18, the Air Force sent Congress notification of a Nunn-McCurdy breach on the Sentinel program. The Nunn-McCurdy Act requires the Pentagon to inform lawmakers if a program incurs a cost or schedule overrun of more than 15 percent. Any breach over 15 percent is considered “significant,” while a breach of 30 percent is considered “critical.”  

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Update #1: US Minuteman III missile replacement breaks $96 billion budget, triggers Pentagon review (Reuters)  

Update #2: US Test Fires $100B ICBM; Top Official Says Its Struggles Have Made Him ‘More Nervous’ Than B-21 Raider (Eurasian Times)  

WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. These costs overruns are just starting.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

The new aircraft carrier was a favorite target of the blogger. It just came back from a full deployment. So nothing to see here Move.On.org we go.

USS Gerald R. Ford returns home to Virginia after 8 months at sea in 1st combat deployment

"During deployment, the ship’s crew conducted 43 underway replenishments, logged over 17,826 flight hours and 10,396 sorties, transferred 20.7 million gallons of fuel, conducted 33,444 flight deck moves, 3,124 hangar bay aircraft moves and 16,351 aircraft fueling evolutions, according to the release."


Meanwhile the Admiral Kuznetsov rots at dock. Strangely enough the Admiral Kuznetsov has a fan club in Europe and North America. I for one like how the Soviets think out of the box with their cruiser carrier hybrid.




Anonymous said...

great lies and disingenuous skods

Meanwhile it took the Ford almost 15 years to be built and work all the kinks out. Forgot that part skods?

I guess you beat anything with a hammer you will eventually flatten it out.


Hate to see if that thing ever gets sunk. 10 to 15 years is a long time to wait for a replacement.

Now the missile system is bonkers? Go figure.

Or how about all those problems with the Zumwalt or the F35?


face it skods, the US procurement system is broken and incapable of arming the nation in a full blown war.

Remember what I told you last month.

"Logisticians decide the battle before it ever begins."

Erwin Rommel.


Ukraine will be defeated.

Anonymous said...

The US has the Zumwalt. The USSR has the Kurtsenov.

While the Zumwalt is not deployable (it could be deployed and fight, but it would not be worth it), it is very useful.

I would not expect a fuckhead like you Skods to know how.

Anonymous said...

Gee skods, What is it useful for?

That ship was supposed to be the end all to end all in US Navy fighting ships. It is a useless piece of junk and has been since the day it left port.

And wake up Skods, you have brain freeze that is over 30 years old. There is no more USSR.

And, as usual, you still not have addressed the main issue.

Our procurement system is broke.

Anonymous said...

Ukraine will be defeated.

Anonymous said...

Our procurement system is broke.

Our?

You are Russian you dumb FSB drone.

Anonymous said...

of course skods. good to have you back, did you and your GS Info buddies have a great DEI session last week for mlk day.?

Ukraine will be defeated.


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