Nuclear Modernization

Ground was broken last week on a new 13,000-square-foot operational command center at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nevada National Security Site to consolidate emergency services into a single […]

The Pentagon said that it is embarking on risk reduction on the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel program through an acceleration in the buy of test equipment for initial operational […]

Earnings rose at BWX Technologies [BWXT] in the first quarter, which the nuclear services and manufacturing company attributed largely to its government operations. Net earnings for the first quarter ended […]

Slips in the planned schedule for some parts of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM will occur, but U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is focused on ensuring […]

The Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM may have trouble making its planned date for initial operational capability (IOC), U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Apr. 27. “There […]

Problems with components are mostly responsible for the two-year delay to the warhead for the next nuclear-tipped air-launched cruise missile, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) told […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s latest Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan, released Monday, fuzzed up delivery dates for distant, future nuclear weapons that, as recently as a year ago, had […]

It will be another year before the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) knows roughly how much it will cost to build the infrastructure to make 80 nuclear-weapon cores annually, the […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has established the Advisory Committee for Nuclear Security to advise senior agency leaders. Formerly known as the Defense Programs Advisory Committee, the new Advisory […]

Though the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to dramatically ramp up plutonium pit production around the time a key arms control treaty expires in 2026, there are no plans […]