Northrop Grumman Plans to Submit Bid to Develop US Nuclear ICBM

© AP Photo / Charlie RiedelOliver Parsons, left, and 1st Lt. Andy Parthum check systems in the underground control room where they work a 24-hour shift at an ICBM launch control facility near Minot. (File)
Oliver Parsons, left, and 1st Lt. Andy Parthum check systems in the underground control room where they work a 24-hour shift at an ICBM launch control facility near Minot. (File) - Sputnik International
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Northrop Grumman plans to submit a proposal for the design and maintenance of the US Air Force Ground Based Strategic Deterrent ICBM (GBSD), Northrop Grumman Vice President for Strategic Communications Randy Belote told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On July 29, the US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, ICBM Systems Directorate, GBSD Division, issued a request for proposals at FedBizOpps.Gov to defense industry for the development and maintenance of the GBSD.

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"Northrop Grumman plans to submit a proposal to the USAF for the technical maturation and risk reduction phase of GBSD as a prime contractor," Belote said on Wednesday.

Northrop Grumman has worked with the US Air Force on the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System for 60 years, Belote noted.

Boeing will submit a proposal to the US Air Force and Lockheed Martin is likely to do so as well.

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