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Dan Leone
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE, BWXT Subsidiary to Negotiate Contract to Avert Possible Shortfall of Weapon Usable Uranium
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration said Tuesday it intends to award BWX Technologies [BWXT] subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services a sole-source contract to purify highly enriched uranium and […]
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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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Business/FinancialAECOM to Spin Off Government Contracting Branch
AECOM [ACM] said Monday it plans next year to spin off its multibillion-dollar government contracting branch into a separate publicly traded company. The Board of Directors to the Los Angeles-based […]
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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 […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLow-yield SLBM Ban Could Stop ‘Nitwit’ From Starting Nuclear War, HASC Chair Says
Banning a low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead could stop “some nitwit at the Pentagon” from attempting to fight a nuclear war, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chair of the House Armed Services […]
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BudgetHouse Committee’s Draft NDAA Would Slow GBSD
A draft National Defense Authorization Act due for a committee vote on Wednesday makes good on House Democrats’ promise to slow procurement of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The draft […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHASC Subcommittee Moves To Constrict DOE Plans For Nuclear Weapon Cores
Democrats on the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee on Tuesday used their majority on the panel to kill a GOP amendment that would have kept the Department of Energy’s […]
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Senate Committee Authorizes Full Funding for Controversial Nuclear-Warhead Core Plants
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would authorize full funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s plan to build nuclear weapon cores in two states, a […]