Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationSenate-passed NDAA includes Wicker amendment on Pantex Plant
The Senate, amid an ongoing government shutdown, passed its mammoth annual authorization bill, the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), 70 to 20 last Thursday night with an en bloc […]
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Air ForceIOT&E for MH-139A Completed, As Boeing Announces $173 Million Contract for Eight
Boeing [BA] said on Wednesday that it has received a $173 million U.S. Air Force contract for eight MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters and related support–a follow-on to a $178 million […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Funded Until Oct. 10, Energy Secretary Chris Wright Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will move into “emergency shutdown procedures” this week if the government does not reopen, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said last week on Fox […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBig Contract Winners In Trident II And Nuclear Attack Submarine Modernization
Three big nuclear Navy contract wins, two for the Trident II missile and one in maintaining and modernizing the service’s nuclear-powered attack submarine, were announced on the Pentagon’s website. The […]
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Air ForceUSAF Wants To Solidify Requirements For Sentinel Silos And Launch Centers
As the U.S. Air Force restructures the program for the LGM-35A future ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC], the service wants to solidify requirements for the missile silos and launch centers […]
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Nuclear ModernizationW80-4 Life Extension Component Diamond Stamped At Y-12, NNSA Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Y-12 National Security Complex announced the “diamond-stamping” of a secondary stage of a nuclear weapon through the W80-4 Life Extension Program. “Diamond-stamping,” as the […]
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Nuclear Modernization
What Happens To The Nuclear Weapons Complex If the Government Actually Shuts Down
As the government funding deadline looms and the House is out Monday and Tuesday, government agencies, including the DoE and its semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, are preparing for the […]
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Air ForceUpdated Sentinel Acquisition Strategy in Works, EMD Approval Goal Early to Mid-2027
This fall, the Defense Department may approve an updated acquisition strategy for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM before a possible re-approval of the program for engineering and […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNorthrop VP Touts Tests of ‘Every Stage of the Missile’ in Sentinel Program
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Every stage of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile has been tested at this point by the Air Force and prime contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC], a company […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Cloture Filed on Block of Nuclear Noms, Vote Early as Wednesday
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) filed cloture Monday on 48 of President Trump’s nominations “en bloc,” meaning in a large batch, to include nominees involved in the nuclear weapon’s […]