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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Weapons Spending Bill Moves to House Floor
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would slow development of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, along with Department of Energy infrastructure that supports them. The next stop […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Panel’s NNSA Funding Bill Tees Up More Work for JASON
A 2020 spending proposal from the House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee directs the National Nuclear Security Administration to tap the independent group of JASON scientists for at least […]
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Nuclear Modernization
House Subcommittee’s DoE Budget Would Tap Brakes on New ICBMs
A proposed Department of Energy nuclear weapons budget due for a Committee vote in the House Tuesday would tap the brakes forcefully on the next land-based, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) […]
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UncategorizedDoE Nuke Budget Headed to Full Committee Next Week; Bill Report Due Monday
The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee on Wednesday sent the first draft of the Department of Energy’s 2020 budget bill to the full Appropriations Committee for consideration some […]
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Homeland SecurityHomeland Security Must Track Money Sent to Cities for Nuke Detection, GAO Says
The Department of Homeland Security should pay closer attention to how cities are spending federal dollars earmarked for an anti-nuclear-terrorism program, the Government Accountability Office said Monday. The DHS Securing […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Rejects White House’s NNSA Budget Request, Proposes $15.9 Billion for Nukes in 2020
The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee would deliver an emphatic “no” to the Trump administration’s 2020 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration, if a $15.9 billion […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLatest Boeing B61-12 Contract Worth $215 Million
Boeing’s [BA] contract to build the tail kit that will guide the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb during free fall is worth $215 million over four years, according to an Air […]
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UncategorizedBalky Capacitors Spell Delay for Nuclear Weapon Deliveries to DoD
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will be late with initial deliveries to the Pentagon of two refurbished nuclear weapons, the head of the semi-autonomous nuclear-weapons agency said Wednesday NNSA […]
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Nuclear Modernization
New Study Finds NNSA Pit Strategy Unlikely to Meet Production Deadline, Lawmaker Says
The Pentagon and the National Nuclear Security Administration should reconsider their decision to make nuclear weapon cores in two states beginning in 2030 after yet another study concluded the plan […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Air Force Releases Funds for Early Components for Boeing’s B61-12 Tail Kit
Boeing [BA] has received a roughly $125 million contract modification to procure some long-lead components for the guided tail kit the company is making for the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, […]