Northrop Grumman Corporation ndiyo yega yakapa mukwikwidzi nezuro pachibvumirano chakakura chemadhora mazana masere nemashanu emadhora, mushure Boeing yakazivisa kuti haizotora chikamu muchirongwa chePentagon kutsiva yakakwegura Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
"Boeing yakaodzwa mwoyo kuti hatina kukwanisa kuendesa chikumbiro," Elizabeth Silva, mutauriri wekambani, akadaro mukutaura. "Boeing inoenderera mberi nekutsigira shanduko yekutora zvinhu izvo zvinounza yakanakisa indasitiri kune ino pamberi penyika uye kuratidza kukosha kune mutero weAmerica."
Mauto Emuchadenga eUS akataura kuti zvechokwadi akagamuchira bhidi imwe chete, achisimbisa kuti ichaenderera ne "nhaurirano uye inechisimba yekutaurirana kwega," akadaro Bloomberg, achidudza mutauriri weAir Force Cara Bousie.
Chiziviso chaBoeing hachina kuuya sechishamiso, sezvo muna Chikunguru hofari yekumuchadenga yakaratidza kuti inogona kubuda mumakwikwi emakondirakiti nekuda kwekushayikwa kwe "nhandare yekutamba yemakwikwi akanaka," uye neAir Force kutadza kugadzirisa marongero ayo ekutenga. Iyo kambani yakaratidza kuti mukwikwidzi weVirginia-based Northrop anga awana solid rocket mota inogadzira Orbital ATK, yava kunzi Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, iyo yakapa mukana wakajeka.
Orbital ATK ndeimwe yevairi vaviri vagadziri veUS solid rocket motors inodiwa kusimbisa ICBM, kusanganisira iyo Minuteman III. Zvichakadaro, mumwe mugadziri, Aerojet Rocketdyne, aripowo pachikwata cheNorthrop chevatengesi.
Boeing yaidawo kufaira mubatanidzwa pamwe chete neNorthrop, asi iyo yekupedzisira yakaramba chikumbiro ichi uye haina kusanganisira mukwikwidzi wayo pachiratidziro chemakondirakiti ayo makuru eGound Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) chirongwa.
Iyo Minuteman III missile system, iyo yakatanga kushanda muma1970, ndeimwe yemashure eUS nyukireya yekudzivirira triad. IU.S. parizvino iri kuvandudza nhumbi dzayo dzenyukireya, uye iri kutarisirwa kuita inodarika $ 1.2 tiririyoni mumakumi matatu emakore anotevera.
