Air Force is said to remove head of Sentinel ICBM program
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- The U.S. Air Force fired the head of a program to make the country’s next intercontinental ballistic missile. The estimated cost of the weapons system has risen to $131 billion.
- Sentinel Systems Director Col. Charles Clegg was let go because he didn’t “follow organizational procedures” and doubts emerged about his ability to lead the program, Defense One reported, citing an Air Force spokesperson. Bloomberg News first reported on the change.
- Clegg’s removal wasn’t related to a legally mandated review of the Sentinel program, which recently breached what are known as Nunn-McCurdy limits that were enacted to curtail cost overruns in weapons procurement.
- The Pentagon is due to present the results of the Nunn-McCurdy review to Congress on July 9.
- The Air Force in 2020 awarded the development contract for the missile system to defense contractor Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC). Subcontractors include Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD), Honeywell (HON), Parsons (PSN) and Textron (TXT), among others.