Nuclear Weapons
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Air ForceBoeing Triggers Nuclear Option, Walks Away From ‘Unfair’ ICBM Competition
Citing “unfair” competition from a rival with a captive solid rocket motor business, Boeing Co. [BA] this week walked away from a potentially $25 billion Air Force contract to build […]
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BudgetDoE Faces Fight to Hit Requested 2020 Nuclear Weapons Budget, Even After Caps Deal
The just-announced budget caps deal provides $2.5 billion more in base defense spending than the 2020 budget the House has already approved, and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAir Force to Award Big ICBM Manufacturing Contract By End of Summer 2020
The Air Force plans to award a contract sometime between July and September of 2020 to build the U.S.’ next nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missile, the service said Tuesday. The Air […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDefeated in Committee, Minuteman III Extension Study Resurfaces on House Floor With Renewed Support
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee clashed Thursday on the House floor about whether a proposed amendment to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would delay modernization of […]
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CongressAll The DoE Nuclear Reports Ordered by the Senate’s 2020 NDAA, Annotated
The U.S. Senate’s recently passed version of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act calls for nine reports or briefings on Department of Energy nuclear weapon programs. Sister publication Nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSenate NDAA Passes in Landslide; Amendments Tighten NNSA Pit Requirements, Require Report on ICBM Warhead Delays
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that would authorize all the White House’s requested funding for nuclear modernization programs at the Department of Energy […]
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BudgetProposed House Spending Bill Whacks Next-Gen ICBMs, Bans Low Yield Nuke, Keeps Naval Reactor Research Alive
The full House approved a 2020 spending bill that would slow development of the next-generation, nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missile, bar deployment of a low-yield nuclear missile, and provide more money […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDelayed Explosives Order Means Delay for LRSO Warhead, GAO Says
Late delivery of high explosives to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will delay by “at 2 two months” the National Nuclear Security Administration’s W80-4 program to refurbish an old warhead […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFireworks Over Low-Yield Warhead as House Armed Services Committee Approves 2020 NDAA
The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday approved its version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act after about 18 hours of committee debate. The House committee’s annual defense policy […]
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BudgetNuke Hawks, Doves Pile Up Amendments for 2020 Spending Bills on House Floor
Nuclear hawks and doves alike offered amendments to a 2020 spending bill up for floor debate in the House on Wednesday, including one amendment to ensure deployment of a new […]