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Nuclear ModernizationReport on Nuke Industrial Base is Part of House NDAA
The House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee approved the nuclear-weapons parts of the chamber’s 2021 National Defense Authorization Act on Monday in a brief markup that sets the stage […]
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COVID-19DoE Nuke Agency Confirms Seven More COVID-19 Cases; HQ to Expand Operations
There were seven confirmed new cases of COVID-19 across the U.S. civilian nuclear weapons complex last week, a spokesperson for the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration said Friday. […]
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CongressDoE Nuke Agency Staffer Taking Job on Senate Appropriations Panel
Nora Khalil is leaving the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to become the lead Republican staffer on the Senate Appropriations panel that writes the agency’s annual budget […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNevada Dems Oppose Nuke Testing, as NDAA Adds Funds for Test-Resumption Prep
After it leaked to the media that the Senate’s fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) had a sliver of funding for nuclear-explosive test readiness, the five Democrats of Nevada’s […]
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Congress
Senate Committee’s Defense Authorization Act Has Requested $19.8B For NNSA
Sen. James Inhofe (R- Okla.) on Thursday made good on his promise to sharply increase the budget for Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs at the expense of the Navy’s […]
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UncategorizedNNSA Needs More Powerful Manager For Microelectronics Sustainment At Sandia, GAO Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) agreed to share a strategic management plan it is preparing for sustaining microelectronics infrastructure at the Sandia National Laboratories with the Government Accountability Office […]
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UncategorizedCorrection
The story “Boeing To Deliver New Minuteman III Crypto Units This Year” (Defense Daily, Volume 287, No. 49) should have said that Electrostatically Supported Gyro Navigator units help guide Ohio-class […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBoeing To Deliver New Minuteman III Crypto Units This Year
As it holds out hope for a role on the next generation of U.S. nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, Boeing [BA] Defense, Space and Security continues modernizing parts of the existing fleet, including […]
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Nuclear Modernization
House Committee Leaders Demand Answers, Briefing About Yield Test Talks at White House
A raft of Democratic lawmakers, led by the chairs of House committees that control nuclear weapons budgets and policy, on Monday demanded that the Department of Energy and the Pentagon […]
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Air ForceB61-12 Good To Go On F-15E, Sandia Says
The B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is building will work with the Boeing [BA]-built F-15E Strike Eagle, the Sandia National Laboratories said last week. “Sandia […]