Nuclear Modernization
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Air ForceSTRATCOM Wants Innovation Alliance To Advance NC3 Technologies
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) at Offutt AFB, Neb., is creating an NC3 Innovation Alliance under STRATCOM’s NC3 Enterprise Center (NEC) to advance technologies for nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3). […]
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Air ForceTwo Re-Entry Vehicles Featured In Latest Minuteman III Test, AFGSC Says
The latest Air Force Minuteman III test on Tuesday featured multiple unarmed re-entry vehicles. Last month’s lapse of New START between Russia and the U.S. may lead to a rethinking […]
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Nuclear ModernizationStrong Fourth Quarter Despite Gov Ops Decrease For BWXT
Earnings rose, though government operations fell, at BWX Technologies (BWXT) in the fourth quarter, which the company attributed to naval propulsion and commercial nuclear power awards. Net earnings for the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Intelligence: China conducted 2020 Explosive Nuclear Test, Revamping Arsenal
After the State Department publicly revealed China secretly conducted an explosive nuclear test in 2020, despite a self-imposed ban from 1996, intelligence agencies are saying China’s purpose is to completely […]
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Air ForceSentinel Software Development “Slower Than Anticipated,” GAO Says
The Air Force faces software design challenges for Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] future LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). “Sentinel is software-intensive, and development progress remains slower […]
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Air ForceFirst Air Force Sentinel Flight Test From Pad Planned Next Year; Service Breaking Ground On Prototype Silo
The Air Force is to start construction this month of a prototype silo for the Sentinel LGM-35A future ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC] in advance of a planned Pentagon engineering […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE, Pentagon Transport Reactor, Wright Says Three Small Reactors Running By July 4
A nuclear reactor was airlifted from March AFB, Calif.. to Hill AFB, Utah, on Sunday, according to a release on the Pentagon’s website. This is the first time a nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCRS Report Says ‘Little Indication’ Alternatives To AUKUS Were Examined
A January report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Congress’s policy research division, said alternatives were not explored to the trilateral agreement between Australia, the U.S. and the United Kingdom. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationProposed UMich Data Center Would Support Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Research
A proposed University of Michigan data center will support research related to nuclear weapons and plutonium pit development for Los Alamos National Laboratory, the student-run newspaper Michigan Daily reported Jan. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationOne-Year New START Extension May Not Be In The Cards
With a 16-year U.S.-Russia nuclear agreement expiring Feb. 5, three former national security officials testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Tuesday to advise on next steps, […]