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The Trump administration paused on firing hundreds of federal employees that worked on the nation’s nuclear weapons for the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, media outlets reported. Late last Thursday, […]

With the White House seeking to dramatically shrink the federal workforce, sources told sister publication The Exchange Monitor recently that senior executives with decades of experience in the Department of Energy’s weapons […]

In observance of the Presidents Day holiday, Defense Daily will not publish an issue Feb. 17. Your next issue will be dated Feb. 19.

Blue Origin laid off 10 percent of its workforce on Thursday as the launcher shifts from research and development (R&D) into scaling manufacturing for its launch business. The company is […]

Kim Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, said Wednesday the lab closed an office due to President Trump’s executive order ending “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs in […]

A representative from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Tuesday said government  urgency for plutonium pit production at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is […]

Certain segments for the intercontinental ballistic missile Sentinel are being put on hold while the program undergoes restructuring, according to an Air Force statement. “The Air Force has ordered the […]

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Friday President Trump would support the AUKUS agreement with Australia. The defense secretary made the remarks while meeting his Australian counterpart, Defense Minister Richard […]

Earnings rose at Honeywell [HON] in the fourth quarter, even while the company reported a dip in Aerospace, the segment involved with management of several defense-nuclear sites. Net earnings for […]

Earnings rose at Amentum [AMTM] in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, which the company that recently combined with the government contracting wing of Jacobs attributed to strong core businesses […]