February 18, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The D Brief: Sentinel’s progress; Buildup near Iran; Canada’s decoupling plan; Russia targets Ukrainian energy; And a bit more.
Initial Sentinel ICBM expected by early 2030, Air Force says. Service leaders say that the program will enter its engineering and manufacturing development phase this year, one year earlier than recently expected. The...
Initial Sentinel ICBM expected by early 2030, Air Force says. Service leaders say that the program will enter its engineering and manufacturing development phase this year, one year earlier than recently expected. The program was awarded to Northrop Grumman in 2020, but by 2024 had blown its budget and schedule so badly that the decision to enter the EMD phase was rescinded.
The program has made "considerable progre…