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  • Boeing Presents Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Designs to Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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

  • Boeing Completes System Requirements Review for ICBM Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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

  • Boeing's Frank McCall: New ICBM Would Cost Less Than Minuteman Service Life Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Frank McCall: New ICBM Would Cost Less Than Minuteman Service Life Extension

    Frank McCall, head of strategic deterrence at Boeing, has said the development of a new intercontinental ballistic missile would be cheaper than another service life extension effort on the Boeing-built Minuteman III ICBM, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. McCall told reporters that the U.S. Air Force‘s future ICBM dubbed Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent would provide better performance and support a wider […] More