Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationSmith Questions Air Force ‘Competence,’ Blames Mishandling of Proprietary Info for Boeing’s GBSD Exit
Questionable “competence” within Air Force procurement ranks helped turn a competition to build a fleet of next-generation nuclear missiles into a one-horse race, the chair of the House Armed Services […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Will Resume 10-Year Cost Forecasts for Weapons Complex Modernization
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) dinged the National Nuclear Security Administration recently for not providing 10 years’ worth of cost forecasts in an annual report to Congress on defense […]
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Navy/USMCCaldwell Calls Out Industry Connection As Columbia Construction Looms
Adm. James Caldwell, the top nuclear-navy man, had reassuring words for the nuclear shipbuilding industry and its suppliers on Thursday during a banquet speech at the Nuclear Naval Submarine League’s […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Administration Would ‘Seriously‘ Consider Service in a Second Trump Term
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said Thursday she would give serious thought to remaining at her post, if President Trump wins a second term […]
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Navy/USMCBWXT Sitting Out Submarine Missile Tube Work Amid 3Q Earnings Boom
BWX Technologies [BWXT], trumpeting strong third-quarters results Tuesday, remained non-committal about building more common missile compartment tubes for U.S. naval submarines, beyond those the company is already under contract to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSkinny NDAA Allows Starts on New DoE Defense Nuclear Programs
A backup defense authorization act unveiled this week would authorize $16.5 billion in Department of Energy nuclear-weapon spending for 2020, and explicitly authorize new program starts to bolster nuclear warhead […]
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CongressSTRATCOM Chief Designate Tells Senators DoE Pit Plan Has ‘Issues’
Only the most recent person to acknowledge them, Navy Vice Adm. Charles Richard, the Trump administration’s nominee to lead U.S. Strategic Command, on Thursday told the Senate Armed Services Committee […]
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CongressHouse Armed Services Chair Puts Long Odds On Blocking Low-Yield Nuke
Congress may not block the Navy from deploying a low-yield nuclear warhead this year after all, House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the weapon’s No. 1 detractor in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force RCO: December 2021 ‘Earliest’ Target Date for B-21 First Flight
The Air Force’s next-generation nuclear bomber is winding its way through production, but don’t expect to see it flying until December 2021 at the earliest, the service’s rapid capabilities office […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Northrop Grumman Stands Alone on GBSD After Air Force Cuts Funds for Boeing Contract
The Air Force has pulled the plug nearly a year early on Boeing’s [BA] contract to mature technology for the next generation of silo-based, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, the company […]