The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, is a USAF center assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). As the AFMC's center of expertise for nuclear weapon systems, it synchronizes all aspects of nuclear materiel management. AFNWC is responsible for sustaining and modernizing the nation's nuclear arsenal, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and air-launched cruise missiles. It supports organizations like Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and manages programs like the Minuteman III and Sentinel ICBM systems.
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The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Strategic Communications Division in Bedford, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity for RTX Corporation’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency terminal contract.
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center is headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico and has more than 2,000 military and civilian personnel assigned to 20 locations worldwide.
The Department of the Air Force will expand the Nuclear Weapons Center into the Air Force Nuclear Systems Center within Air Force Materiel Command to provide comprehensive materiel support to the nuclear enterprise.
Virtualitics held a contract with the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center to use its platform to predict maintenance needs for the Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile fleet.