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UncategorizedNorthrop Grumman Enhances Design of OPIR Using Digital Technology
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has improved the design of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Polar (NGP) satellites by leveraging digital technology called Highly Immersive Virtual Environment (HIVE), the company said […]
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BudgetUranium Processing Facility in ‘28 or ‘29; Los Alamos Pits Stymied By Staff Shortfall, NNSA Budget Doc Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) budget request for fiscal year 2024 includes a funding boost for plutonium pit production in New Mexico, with the goal of building 80 per […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch: Ukraine/Abrams, Hybrid eVTOL, Australia FMS
Ukraine/Abrams. Doug Bush, the Army’s top acquisition official, reiterated this week the Army is working through plans to get Abrams tanks to Ukraine “as quickly as possible.” Following the U.S.’ […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Faces Low-Yield Nuclear Weapon Shortfall Against Russia and China, STRATCOM Commander Says
The U.S. military lags behind both Russia and China in building and fielding low-yield nuclear weapons and can address that gap by diversifying the military’s nuclear options, the head of […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCNS Launches Hiring Spree to Meet Cybersecurity Needs at NNSA Sites
Facing expanding mandates for information security at the two big nuclear-weapon production sites it manages, Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) has launched a hiring spree for qualified information technology and cybersecurity […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAir Force Fires First Full-Scale Sentinel Solid Rocket Motor
Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently completed the first full-scale static test of an LGM-35A Sentinel solid rocket motor at its test facility in Promontory, Utah, marking yet another milestone on the […]
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Defense Watch: AFA, UKR Oversight, Sustainment CFT, FRC Delivery
Air and Space Forces Symposium. This year’s Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium on March 6-8 in Aurora, Colo., comes as U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles […]
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Defense Watch: Taiwan Backlog, Tester To Run, Unmanned Exercise, Flag Moves
Taiwan Trip. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chair of new the House Select Committee on China, has urged Congress to address the backlog of Foreign Military Sale cases with Taiwan following […]
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Business/FinancialFluor Earnings Rise During Quarter, Year, Although Mission Solutions Down
Earnings improved at Fluor [FLR] in the fourth quarter, which the engineering and construction contractor for the Department of Energy attributed Tuesday to improved efficiency and certain financial adjustments. Net […]
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Defense Watch: GPS III Acceptance, KC-135 Inspections, Fresh BACN, DDG-102
GPS III Operational Acceptance. The 2nd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Space Force Base Colo. operationally accepted the Lockheed Martin GPS III Space Vehicle 06 on Jan. 31 after the […]