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Dan Leone
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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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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 […]
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Nuclear Modernization
BWXT Gets $800M+ Contract to Begin Early Work on Reactor Components for Nuke Subs, Carrier
BWX Technologies [BWXT] said Thursday it has received a contract to procure long-lead components for U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers, which including options is worth $806 million over […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNo. 2 DoE Nuke Official Briefs on ‘Staggering’ Hiring Goals for Civilian Nuclear Enterprise
The No. 2 official at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Wednesday briefed members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board on the “staggering goal” of swelling the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationB61-12 and W88 Alt-370 Delays Will Cost Up to $850M; W80-4, W87-1 Programs to Foot Bill
It will cost a combined $850 million or so to replace commercial capacitors unsuitable for use with a refurbished nuclear gravity bomb and submarine-launched warhead, a senior National Nuclear Security […]