Boeing Awarded $4.9M Contract for Minuteman 3 Support

The Air Force has awarded Boeing a $4.9 million contract to refurbish and replace an integral unit for the testing of U.S. Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile guidance systems, according to a Sept. 22 Boeing press release. Boeing will develop and renew the Guidance Data Acquisition System (GDAS) associated with the Minuteman 3’s. The renewed GDAS will be specifically designed for nuclear hardness and survivability testing. “As national programs unfold that are critical to affordably sustaining and modernizing Minuteman III until 2030 and beyond, Boeing remains committed to helping the Air Force keep its ICBM force ready,” Peggy Morse, vice president of Boeing Directed Energy & Strategic Systems, said in the release. Boeing has served as the primary contractor for operation and maintenance of Little Mountain Test Facility – where the GDAS will be tested – at Hill Air Force Base since 2007.