Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Refreshes ‘Just Barely in Time,’ NNSA ‘Challenged’ to Deliver, Hyten Says
Congress’ fight over the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) 2021 budget poses “challenges” for rolling out new nuclear delivery systems and carrier vehicles that already are poised to debut “just […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Officially Picks Up Honeywell FM&T Contract Option at Kansas City
The paperwork went through Monday to officially extend Honeywell [HON] Federal Manufacturing and Technologies for another year as the management and operations contractor of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) […]
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CongressHouse Bill With Requested Funds for B61-12 Would ‘Impair’ Delivery of B61-12, Senior Pentagon Official Says
A House-passed 2021 spending bill, which would provide the $816 million the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) requested for its B61-12 life-extension program, would “impair” the government’s ability to deliver […]
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CongressDoE Nuke Chief Slated for SASC Hearing Thursday With DoD, STRATCOM Heavyweights
The Senate Armed Services Committee is calling in the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, and the undersecretary of defense in charge […]
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Nuclear ModernizationGBSD Program a Model for Acquisition Strategy That Lets U.S. Pace China on Weapons
The Air Force’s program to acquire a new fleet of nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, which fast became a one-horse race that Northrop Grumman [NOC] won, is a model for the sort […]
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Nuclear ModernizationOn Twitter, Speculation That Low-Yield Nuke is Secret Nuclear Weapon Trump Cites in Woodward Book
Nuke watchers debated Wednesday whether the secret nuclear weapon discussed in Bob Woodward’s new book about President Donald Trump is the W76-2 low-yield warhead. According to a leaked passage from […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Bidders for New Civilian Nuke Production Contracts Can Tour Sites This Month
Companies interested in managing the two main civilian nuclear-weapon production sites under a potential 10-year, $28-billion contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration will be allowed to visit the facilities […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Should Split Up Contract for Big Nuke Production Sites, Interest Group Says
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) should stop managing the Y-12 National Security Campus and the Pantex Plant under a single contract, a Washington, D.C.-based group representing […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNorthrop Gets Next-Gen ICBM Contract: $13B Over Nine Years
As expected, the Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract to build the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, the next generation of nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, under a nine-year […]
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Nuclear Modernization
House Committee Voting on Bill This Week to Give Energy Secretary More Authority Over Nukes
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will consider a bill this week that would tighten the secretary of energy’s control over the National Nuclear Security Administration. H.R. 8159, the ‘‘Department […]