Northrop Grumman advances Sentinel nuclear missile toward flight test

[US America lunch ICBM missile for nuclear bomb test illustration concept.] coffeekai Northrop Grumman (NOC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NOC]) and the U.S. Air Force assembled a fully integrated inert Sentinel missile at Vandenberg Space Force Base, clearing a key technical milestone ahead of flight testing planned for 2027. The missile was assembled vertically in its operational orientation during a four-month exercise known as Pathfinder. The demonstration tested whether the program team could transport, handle, stack and integrate the missile safely at a launch site. [The U.S.