{"id":72610,"date":"2026-03-03T21:17:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/03\/03\/us-air-force-wants-more-armored-transporters-for-icbm-warheads\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:29:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:29:34","slug":"us-air-force-wants-more-armored-transporters-for-icbm-warheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2026\/03\/03\/us-air-force-wants-more-armored-transporters-for-icbm-warheads\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force wants more armored transporters for ICBM warheads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As America\u2019s Minuteman III <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2026\/02\/17\/us-air-force-sees-early-2030s-rollout-for-revamped-sentinel-nuclear-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2026\/02\/17\/us-air-force-sees-early-2030s-rollout-for-revamped-sentinel-nuclear-missile\/\">intercontinental ballistic missile force<\/a> ages, the U.S. Air Force is facing another problem: obsolete transport vehicles needed to carry missile warheads, rocket engines and other vital equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force wants to buy more armored transporters to replace the current Payload Transporter, or PT III. The Payload Transporter Replacement, or PTR, will replace \u201cthe existing legacy payload transporter fleet (PT III) due to parts obsolescence, fleet age, increasing sustainment costs, and inability to meet current security\/asset protection requirements,\u201d according to the Air Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/workspace\/contract\/opp\/e8acbf547343469badc3b422981ce906\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/workspace\/contract\/opp\/e8acbf547343469badc3b422981ce906\/view\">Request for Information\/Sources Sought<\/a> notice, which is due March 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is looking for five more PTRs. In 2019, Armorworks won a <a href=\"https:\/\/armorworks.com\/armorworks-wins-multi-year-armored-transport-contract-with-u-s-air-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/armorworks.com\/armorworks-wins-multi-year-armored-transport-contract-with-u-s-air-force\/\">five-year contract<\/a> in 2019 to deliver 25 PTRs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the documentation \u2014 including technical specifications \u2014 that accompanied the RFI is restricted. However, the basic PTR vehicle resembles a large tractor-trailer that wouldn\u2019t look out of place rolling down a highway. It is made up of a \u201cspecially armored\u201d tractor with an integrated auxiliary power unit towing a \u201cspecially armored\u201d trailer, according to the description in the RFI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe PTR is the sole platform for the transport of Aerospace Vehicle Equipment (AVE) to\/from host bases to ICBM launch facilities (LF), and the sole platform for conducting AVE remove and replace operations while positioned over the LF,\u201d the document notes. \u201cAVE consists of the Reentry System (RS), Missile Guidance Set (MGS), Propulsion System Rocket Engine (PSRE), and associated items.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armorworks has described the vehicle as having \u201can armored cab and a blast- and forced entry-resistant cargo containment system to inconspicuously transport nuclear missile cargo in a controlled environment on air-cushioned pallets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contractors responding to the RFI should list their experience in designing military-grade ballistic armor, as well as shock and vibration testing. They should also indicate their \u201cyears of experience in development and production of nuclear certified designs, working with nuclear surety organizations to achieve nuclear design certification, and management of engineering changes that impact nuclear certified designs,\u201d according to the notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transport vehicles are just one of many problems afflicting America\u2019s current fleet of 400 Minuteman III missiles, which were first deployed in 1970. A September 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-25-108466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-25-108466\">Government Accountability Office report<\/a> noted that the Minuteman III is experiences challenges related to parts obsolescence and aging infrastructure and facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been several attempts to replace the Minuteman, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/2869085\/martin-marietta-lgm-118a-peacekeeper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.warren.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/2869085\/martin-marietta-lgm-118a-peacekeeper\/\">MX Peacekeeper<\/a> in the 1980s, and the current LGM-35A Sentinel. 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