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ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ is a foundational partner in our Nation’s mission of strategic deterrence

Today – as they have for decades – America’s nuclear weapons serve to protect the Nation from nuclear attack, prevent large-scale war, and assure our allies and partners around the globe.

For more than 60 years, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ-built and supported systems have sustained the safety, security and effectiveness the nuclear triad – defending the homeland and ensuring peace through strength.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ is committed to delivering ready deterrence capabilities today while innovating modernized future capabilities to meet the emerging threats and challenges of tomorrow.

Land-Based Strategic Deterrence

The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ-built Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon system has served as the Nation’s trusted and enduring ground-based leg of the nuclear triad since the inception of strategic deterrence.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ is the U.S. Air Force’s original partner in strategic deterrence. Today, hundreds of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ employees across the country continue to maintain the readiness of the Minuteman ICBM – keeping it safe, secure and effective around the clock.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ supports the Air Force and its efforts to modernize the nation’s ICBM force – and will continue working alongside Airmen to keep the Minuteman ICBM mission-ready while delivering innovative solutions in support of strategic deterrence today and tomorrow.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ remains ready and willing to assist in the modernization of our land-based strategic deterrent.

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The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Guidance Repair Center in Heath, Ohio, is responsible for maintaining the readiness and modernization of guidance and navigation systems for our Nation’s nuclear-capable platforms, as well as non-nuclear capable guidance and control systems, electronics and radio frequency systems, and platform processors.

In addition, the center is also home to assembly, integration and test activities for several ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ production programs, including the KC-46 Tanker, T-7A Red Hawk and the MQ-25 unmanned aircraft system.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ supports the Air Force and its efforts to modernize the nation’s ICBM force – and will continue working alongside Airmen to keep the Minuteman ICBM mission-ready while delivering innovative solutions in support of strategic deterrence today and tomorrow.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ remains ready and willing to assist in the modernization of our land-based strategic deterrent.

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ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ operates and maintains the Little Mountain Test Facility for the Air Force at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and has supported operations at the site – including radiation effects, electromagnetic effects, shock and vibration, and other environmental testing – for more than 45 years.

The state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to testing operations in support of nuclear hardness and survivability for the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ-built Minuteman weapon system and other priority Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DoE) programs, military systems and aerospace products.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ has delivered strategic deterrence capabilities for the air-based leg of the Nation’s nuclear triad for more than 40 years.

From sustaining and modernizing the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ-built air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) to sustaining the venerable B-52 Bomber and KC-10 Tanker, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ expertise fuels ready and flexible nuclear capabilities from the skies.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ innovation will continue to drive the readiness and modernization of the ALCM weapon system, America’s bomber fleet and KC-46 Tanker to ensure long-range air-based strategic deterrence for the future.

As the sole supplier of navigation systems for the U.S. Navy's ballistic missile submarine fleet, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ provides critical information and support to the sea-based leg of the Nation’s nuclear triad.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s innovative navigation systems have been on patrol alongside Sailors since the first ballistic missile submarine test patrol by the USS George Washington in 1960.

Today, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) navigation system is aboard all of the Navy’s ballistic missile submarines – supporting ready and survivable nuclear capabilities from the high seas.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ will continue to lead the way in the modernization of navigation systems in support of a safe, secure and effective sea-based strategic deterrent capable of meeting the emerging threats and future challenges of tomorrow.