Technicians at Arnold Engineering and Development Center in Tennessee are progressing through eight tests of Minuteman ICBM motors this year. They completed the first late last month in the center’s J-6 Large Rocket Motor Test Facility. The Air Force only gets to launch three Minuteman missiles each year to ensure system performance, so “the more tests we have here at AEDC will better our predictability and will better the precision of our analysis” of the rocket motors, said Col. Robert Shofner, commander of the 526th ICBM Wing at the Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah.
Boeing Claims Progress on T-7 and Other Challenged Programs
April 25, 2025
Boeing appears to have become to overcome the problems that led to billions in losses on fixed-price defense contracts in recent years, point the company back toward profitabily, says Boeing president and CEO Kelly Ortberg.