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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Breaks Ground On New Nevada Site Emergency Operations Center
Ground was broken last week on a new 13,000-square-foot operational command center at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nevada National Security Site to consolidate emergency services into a single […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch: China Shipbuilding, Contractor Ties, VTOL Kit For Puma
Advantage China. A Navy official on May 11 told a House panel part of the reason China’s military shipbuilding capability is so much larger, when it comes to pure numbers, […]
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Business/FinancialBWXT Earnings Rise Behind Hanford Tanks, Other Government Deals
Earnings rose at BWX Technologies [BWXT] in the first quarter, which the nuclear services and manufacturing company attributed largely to its government operations. Net earnings for the first quarter ended […]
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Business/FinancialJacobs To Spin Off Government Services Biz In Late 2024
Jacobs [J] said Tuesday it will spin off its Critical Mission Solutions business late next year. The segment includes the brain trust that coordinates Jacobs’ efforts to win big management […]
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Defense Watch: NC3 News; Ex-SecDefs Weigh In; HASC Mark Coming
Nuclear Command and Control. U.S. Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), says that “we are in the beginning steps” of AFGSC’s nuclear […]
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Defense Watch: CCA News; More Jolly Greens; Baltic Security
CCA Operational Experimentation Unit. The U.S. Air Force plans to use Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat as part of an operational experimentation unit for the service’s planned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Scrutinizing Problem Components Behind W80-4 Warhead Delay
Problems with components are mostly responsible for the two-year delay to the warhead for the next nuclear-tipped air-launched cruise missile, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) told […]
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UncategorizedCongress Notified of Norwegian FMS for MH-60 Helos, C-130J Sustainment Totaling Over $1.1 Billion
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Wednesday notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Norway of six MH-60R helicopters and sustainment work for the C-130J aircraft totaling […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Delivery Dates For Next Round of Nukes Get Hazier in Latest Annual NNSA Progress Report
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s latest Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan, released Monday, fuzzed up delivery dates for distant, future nuclear weapons that, as recently as a year ago, had […]
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NNSA Won’t Know How Much 80 Pits Per Year Will Cost Until 2025
It will be another year before the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) knows roughly how much it will cost to build the infrastructure to make 80 nuclear-weapon cores annually, the […]
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