Boeing wins $50M to extend AGM-86 nuclear cruise missile

Boeing secured a $49.5 million contract from the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center on June 30, 2026, to remanufacture the electronic flight controllers and produce production test equipment that sustain the AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missile, the subsonic nuclear-capable cruise missile that has serv

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Boeing secured a $49.5 million contract from the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center on June 30, 2026, to remanufacture the electronic flight controllers and produce production test equipment that sustain the AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missile, the subsonic nuclear-capable cruise missile that has served as one of America’s primary airborne nuclear delivery systems since 1982. […]

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