{"id":76713,"date":"2019-10-24T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/24\/hasc-chair-takes-aim-at-air-forces-handling-of-icbm-replacement-program\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:42:54","slug":"hasc-chair-takes-aim-at-air-forces-handling-of-icbm-replacement-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/10\/24\/hasc-chair-takes-aim-at-air-forces-handling-of-icbm-replacement-program\/","title":{"rendered":"House Armed Services chairman takes aim at Air Force\u2019s handling of ICBM replacement program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 House Armed Services Committee Rep. Adam Smith on Thursday said he plans to take on what he called the Air Force\u2019s \u201ctroubling\u201d procurement process for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-arsenal\/2019\/10\/22\/boeing-could-be-out-of-the-air-forces-competition-for-next-gen-icbms-for-good\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ground Based Strategic Deterrent<\/a>, and that he favors a lower number of modernized ICBMs instead of the new program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith, D-Wash., a powerful skeptic of America\u2019s giant nuclear weapons budget, questioned the need for the $63 billion program, which is the Air Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2019\/04\/17\/the-cost-of-new-intercontinental-ballistic-missiles-is-going-up-heres-why-the-air-force-isnt-concerned\/\" target=\"_blank\">replacement for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a> fleet. He decried the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2019\/07\/25\/boeing-drops-from-next-generation-icbm-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\">likely award<\/a> to Northrop Grumman, suggested the Air Force was biased in its favor and said he would look to review the matter through the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith said that Boeing \u2015 which has a large presence in his home state \u2015 had declined his offer to intervene with the Air Force after it announced it would not bid on the Air Force\u2019s ICBM replacement program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing itself said last month that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/air-force-association\/2019\/09\/17\/boeing-calls-for-government-intervention-on-icbm-replacement-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\">seeking government intervention<\/a> that would require Northrop to add Boeing as at least a major sub-contractor, if not a co-equal partner. Smith also said Boeing was not interested when he extended an offer to ensure greater competition through language in the 2020 defense policy bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight now we are in the middle of doing the GBSD, the new ICBM, and by the way, it\u2019s going to be a sole-source contract. As we\u2019re looking at that, there is plenty of argument that we can extend the life of the existing ICBMS, if we rely on fewer,\u201d Smith said, an event sponsored by the Ploughshares Fund, an anti-nuclear weapons group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though Smith said the GBSD award would be sole source, he did acknowledge that there were at one point three companies bidding. Both Boeing and Northrop were awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/air\/2017\/08\/21\/boeing-northrop-move-forward-on-next-gen-icbm-program-lockheed-out\/\">risk reduction contracts worth up to $359 million in 2017<\/a>, beating out Lockheed Martin for the chance to bring their designs into the production <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.sm\/\" target=\"_blank\">stage. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith also said, in passing, that the Air Force had at some point shared Boeing\u2019s proprietary information with Northop. He did not disclose specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe thing to do would be to address the concerns Boeing raised about the procurement process, because if Boeing is to believed, they didn\u2019t say we just can\u2019t do this any more, they said the process wasn\u2019t fair,\u201d he said. \u201cWe offered, and Boeing didn\u2019t want us too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to revisit this in next year\u2019s NDAA and see if we can get Boeing to work with us to figure out, how can we create the right procurement process for them to participate, but I don\u2019t consider that likely based on the conversations we\u2019ve had to date,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith also alluded to his legislative efforts to put SpaceX and Blue Origin \u2015 which is also headquartered in Smith\u2019s home state \u2015 on a stronger footing to compete in the National Security Space Launch program. As <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/spacex-gets-a-boost-from-house-armed-services-committee-2020-ndaa-markup\/\" target=_blank>reported by Space News<\/a>, he previously said the Air Force\u2019s decision to select two providers in 2020 to split all national security launches from 2022 to 2026, favors incumbents like United Launch Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith rapped the Air Force procurement process, overall, as &#8220;way too close to the contractors they are working with, and they seem to show bias to one or the other. It could be incompetence, but I think it is more likely that they like their historical partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe way they handed the ULA relationship at the expense of emerging competitors is costing the taxpayers an enormous amount of money and denying us the ability to benefit from competition,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI suspect some of the same things are happening in the GBSD program \u2015 so yes, that is very troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith\u2019s criticism comes after top Pentagon officials have publicly backed the Air Force process on GBSD. During a confirmation hearing Wednesday, Vice Admiral Charles Richard, the nominee to head U.S. Strategic Command, said he had &#8220;great confidence&#8221; in how the service is handling the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ellen Lord, the department&#8217;s acquisition head, said Oct. 18 that the request for proposal was &#8220;well written&#8221; by the service and pushed back on the idea that the contract will benefit only Northrop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we did on that competition is we put in language so that we have visibility, transparency in cost and pricing. 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