Nuclear Modernization
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Air ForceUSAF Examining Cost Reductions, Management Structure Changes for Sentinel
The U.S. Air Force is examining how to reduce the massive civil works project costs that make up a significant part of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTribes, DOE, Air Force Weigh In On Clean Energy Projects at Nevada Site
Use of the Department of Energy’s Nevada National Security Site for carbon-free energy will not include small modular reactors, a local manager for DoE’s National Nuclear Security Administration, told a […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Announces Test of Sentinel Stage Two Solid Rocket Motor
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 16 that it has conducted a live, static-fire test of a stage-two solid rocket motor (SRM) for the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile at […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLatest Federal Budget Extension Has Emergency Funding to Avert Layoffs at Y-12
House and Senate appropriators on Sunday agreed to extend 2023 budgets for federal agencies for about another month-and-a-half, into March, while they continue work on permanent budget bills for the […]
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Air ForceFormer DTRA Official Argues for Some Sentinels to Be Mobile
Robert Peters, the former chief of strategic trends and effects for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) from 2019 to 2022, argues that some of the future Northrop Grumman [NOC] […]
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Navy/USMCHouston Takes Over Top Post at Naval Nuclear Propulsion
More than six months after his nomination, and just shy of a month after his Senate confirmation, Adm. Bill Houston on Thursday took over as director of the Naval Nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationParsons Gets $21 Million Deal For Los Alamos Construction Management
Parsons [PSN] announced the award of a $21 million task order by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Infrastructure to continue managing construction projects at Los Alamos National […]
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Nuclear ModernizationMass Production of B61-12, W88 Alt 370 At Halfway Point
Some time between October and December, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) programs to refurbish its B61 bombs and W88 warheads reached the halfway mark, an agency spokesperson said Monday. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLivermore Lab Develops New Tool To Simulate Using Nukes To Deflect Asteroids Away From Earth
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a new tool to model how blowing up a nuclear weapon might stop an asteroid from slamming into Earth. Published in December in […]
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Navy/USMCHouston Confirmed By Senate To Lead Naval Reactors, Cleared For Promotion To Admiral
About six months after his nomination, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed Vice Adm. William Houston to be director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program that develops reactors for Navy warships […]