Sarah Salem
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Nuclear ModernizationSandia Completes B61-12 Gravity Bomb Flight Test On F-35, Lab Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories announced last Thursday it conducted a flight test of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb on an F-35 aircraft in August. The […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFleischmann Says Energy And Water Appropriations Conference By Late January
Republican chairs of Senate and House Appropriations subcommittees for Energy and Water expect to hold a conference meeting in late January to blend their two versions of a fiscal 2026 […]
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CongressSen. Mullin “Pretty Confident” Government Will Open By End Of Week
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in the halls of the Capitol Tuesday that Congress will likely vote to open the government by […]
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Nuclear ModernizationWarren Asks STRATCOM Nominee To “Not Stand In The Way” Of Independent Studies On Sentinel
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) last week asked President Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) not to “shield” nuclear weapons programs “from independent oversight.” During the confirmation […]
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DoD Nuclear Nominee Questions Russia’s, China’s Compliance With Test Bans
There have been reports since 2019 on Russia and China’s potential noncompliance with the Threshold Test Ban Treaty, one of President Donald Trump’s nominees to join the Department of Defense […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBWXT Records Strong Third Quarter Despite Government Shutdown
Earnings rose significantly at BWX Technologies (BWXT), Lynchburg, Va., in the third quarter, which the company attributed to its “differentiating nuclear credentials” and some multi-year, special materials contracts it received. […]
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Trump: China, Russia Are Testing; Wright Says No ‘Mushroom Cloud’ Near NNSS
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would test nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with other countries, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright clarified this did […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAfter Trump Orders “Equal Basis” Nuclear Testing, STRATCOM Nominee Pledges “Informed Analysis” On Any Changes
President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social account on Wednesday that he ordered the Pentagon to “immediately” begin the process of testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with […]
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Nuclear ModernizationContractor Group Says NNSA Contractors Have 2-4 Weeks Of Funding Left
The Professional Services Council (PSC), a trade association representing 400 federal contractors, wrote a letter Oct. 28 to Congressional leaders mourning the federal government shutdown, citing its effect on the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Partners With HPE And NVIDIA For Two New Supercomputers
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Tuesday its Los Alamos National Laboratory selected tech companies Hewlett Packard Enterprise [HPE] and NVIDIA [NVDA] to develop and deploy two new supercomputers. […]