Boeing has been awarded an $8.9 million US Air Force contract to study key elements of a conventional prompt global strike missile demonstration.

Boeing has been awarded an $8.9 million US Air Force contract to study key elements of a conventional prompt global strike missile demonstration. The study, scheduled to be completed by June 2009, will help plan for a demonstration using a land-based Minotaur launch system and a payload delivery vehicle designed to carry and deliver various conventional payloads at global ranges in less than one hour of flight time. The Air Force selected the Minotaur launch vehicle for a demonstration because of its near-term asset availability and low-cost profile.