Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationAfter Merger With Jacobs’ Government Business, Amentum Eyes Areas of Nuclear Growth
Amentum, which last week absorbed Jacobs Solutions’ government service business, is eyeing business opportunities at U.S. nuclear-weapon sites and in nuclear energy, its CEO told the ExchangeMonitor Tuesday. Before Friday’s […]
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Navy/USMCGAO: Columbia-Class Schedule And Cost Growth Likely To Increase, Navy Should Revise Cost Estimates
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) latest audit of the Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine program estimated the first new boat has cost overruns several times higher than the shipbuilder and […]
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Nuclear ModernizationJudge Rules for Antis in Lawsuit Over Environmental Study of Plutonium Pit Production
The Department of Energy did not adequately study the environmental effects of producing nuclear-weapon cores in two states, a federal judge ruled Monday in a three year-old lawsuit. But the […]
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Business/FinancialAmentum, Jacobs Complete Merger
The new Amentum Holdings, comprising the former privately-held Amentum and the Critical Mission Solutions and cyber businesses spun off by Dallas-based Jacobs [J], started trading on the New York Stock […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Informs GAO of Cancellation of Up to $12 Billion ICBM Support Contract
On Aug. 12, the U.S. Air Force told the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the service is cancelling the up to $12 billion Integrated Support Contract 2.0 (ISC 2.0) for […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAfter 10 Months of Planning, Big DoE Players Poised to Form ‘New’ Amentum
Amentum and branches of Jacobs Solutions [J] specializing in government and cyber-related work are poised to launch a new publicly-traded Amentum next month with deep footprints in nuclear, space exploration […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLLNL Director Says It Is Negotiating Five-Year Extension To NNSA Contract
OMAHA, Neb. — Lawrence Livermore National Securities is negotiating a five-year extension for the management contract of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the director said here last week. “We’re in […]
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Business/FinancialBWX Technologies Reports Higher Revenue Amid Worst Global Market Days In Two Years
Earnings rose at BWX Technologies [BWXT] in the second quarter, which the company on Monday attributed partly to organic growth in government operations as it prepared to begin work on […]
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Advise $200 Million Add For Sentinel
While the U.S. Air Force says it is restructuring the LGM-35A Sentinel next generation ICBM program and taking back the 2020 engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) decision, Senate appropriators are […]
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Nuclear ModernizationStrategic Forces Ranking Republican Says Dates for Sentinel, Rest of Triad ‘Too Late’
Modernization of U.S. nuclear weapons and delivery systems is moving too slowly and the Pentagon has heard about it, Nebraska’s senior U.S. senator said here Tuesday at a think tank. […]