18 Billion TL Increase In Defence Budget
October 6, 2017
‘Hunter WOLF’ Unveiled in AUSA
October 10, 2017
18 Billion TL Increase In Defence Budget
October 6, 2017
‘Hunter WOLF’ Unveiled in AUSA
October 10, 2017
ICBM Control Capability to E-6B Mercury

The Air Force awarded two contracts Oct. 3, 2017, for upgrading the system that enables an aircraft to control an intercontinental ballistic missile’s launch from a silo in the ground.

The three-year contracts, of about $81 million each, were awarded to Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Littleton, Colorado, and Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The awards begin a design competition for upgrading the nuclear command-and-control mission system that provides U.S. Strategic Command with the capability to launch ICBMs through commands from the Navy’s E-6B Mercury. Both the current Minuteman III and future Ground Based Strategic Deterrent ICBMs require an alternate launch control capability should anything interfere with the ability of the ground-based facilities to launch ICBMs.

The goal is to field the upgraded replacement system by 2024.

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