ʻO Northrop Grumman Corporation wale nō ka mea nāna i koho i nehinei ma kahi ʻaelike pūʻali koa nui he $85 biliona, ma hope Boeing ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia ʻaʻole e komo i ka papahana a ka Pentagon e pani i ka Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
"Hōhūhū ʻo Boeing ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻouna i kahi noi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Elizabeth Silva, kahi ʻōlelo a ka hui. "Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Boeing i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hoʻolālā kūʻai ʻana e lawe mai i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoihana i kēia mea nui o ka ʻāina a hōʻike i ka waiwai no ka mea ʻauhau ʻAmelika."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo US Air Force ua loaʻa iā ia hoʻokahi wale nō koho, me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻomau ʻia me ka "kūkākūkā ikaika a me ka maikaʻi hoʻokahi," e like me Bloomberg, e haʻi ana i ka waha ʻōlelo Air Force Cara Bousie.
ʻAʻole i kāhāhā ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Boeing, no ka mea, i ka mahina o Iulai ua hōʻailona ka mea pilikua aerospace e haʻalele paha ia mai ka hoʻokūkū ʻaelike ma muli o ka nele o ka "papa pāʻani kiʻekiʻe no ka hoʻokūkū kūpono," a me ka hiki ʻole o ka Air Force ke hoʻololi i kāna hoʻolālā kūʻai. Ua hōʻike ka hui ua loaʻa iā Northrop ka mea hoʻokūkū ʻo Virginia ka mea hana kaʻa kaʻa paʻa ʻo Orbital ATK, i kapa ʻia ʻo Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, i hāʻawi iā ia i kahi pōmaikaʻi.
ʻO Orbital ATK kekahi o nā mea hana US ʻelua wale nō o nā kaʻa kaʻa paʻa paʻa e pono ai ke mana i kahi ICBM, me ka Minuteman III. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka mea hana ʻē aʻe, ʻo Aerojet Rocketdyne, aia nō ma ka hui o Northrop o nā mea hoʻolako.
Ua makemake nō hoʻi ʻo Boeing e waiho i kahi noi hui me Northrop, akā ua hōʻole ka mea hope i ka manaʻo a ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo i kāna hoa paio ma ka papa inoa o kāna mau subcontractors nui no ka papahana Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD).
ʻO ka ʻōnaehana missile Minuteman III, i hele mai i ka lawelawe ma 1970s, ʻo ia kekahi o nā iwi kuamoʻo o ka US nuclear deterrence triad. Ke hoʻololi nei ʻo ʻAmelika i kāna mau mea kaua nuklea, a ke manaʻo ʻia nei e uku ʻia ma mua o $ 1.2 trillion i nā makahiki ʻekolu e hiki mai ana.
