Sarah Salem
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UncategorizedFirst Production Unit of B61-13 Gravity Bomb Could Be Out This Month, NNSA Exec Says
Teresa Robbins, acting head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said on Wednesday that the first production unit of the B61-13 gravity bomb is “anticipated” to be complete later […]
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No Decision Made Yet on Reusing Minuteman Siloes for Sentinel, Commander Says
Gen. Thomas Bussiere, commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., said reusing the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile siloes for the replacement Sentinel […]
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BWXT Has Strong Quarter, Sees ‘Robust’ Opportunities From Oak Ridge Land Purchase
Earnings rose at BWX Technologies [BWXT] in the first quarter, which the company partly attributed to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s intent to award it a sole source contract for […]
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Australian PM Says ‘Warm’ Phone Call With Trump Included AUKUS, Tariffs
After his recent reelection victory, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said he received a positive phone call from President Trump, according to an Australian publication Monday. “We talked about AUKUS and […]
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UncategorizedGaramendi Amendment To Delay Sentinel Fails
An amendment proposed by Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a longtime anti-nuclear advocate, to postpone Sentinel funding from a $150 billion defense reconciliation bill marked up in the House Armed Services […]
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UncategorizedNNSA No. 2 Nom Questioned on Workforce Needs
In testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Vice Adm. Scott Pappano, President Trump’s pick for principal deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said “recruitment and […]
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SLCM-N Draft Request for Solutions Released By Government
The U.S. Navy this week released a draft Request for Solutions to design a prototype for a “survivable sea-based capability” for the nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile flight system. Capability requirement […]
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UncategorizedCongress Defense Reconciliation Includes $1.5 billion for Sentinel Risk Reduction
Both chambers of Congress released a $150 billion defense reconciliation bill over the weekend that includes $1.5 billion for Sentinel risk reduction and $500 million for Minuteman III improvements. The […]
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CBO Report Looks At Escalating Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces
The Congressional Budget Office projected in a report released April 24 that plans for the U.S. nuclear forces as described in the fiscal 2025 budget would cost $946 billion for the 2025-2034 […]
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IAEA Head Says U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks ‘Fraught With Opportunity,’ IAEA Involved ‘Sooner or Later’
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said “we should all welcome” the nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran in a panel at a conference in Washington Tuesday. […]