Nuclear Modernization

The U.S. Air Force on June 24 awarded BAE Systems an up to $12 billion contract for ICBM support for the Nuclear Weapon Center at Hill AFB, Utah through 2040. […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has moved to restore funding in its version of the next defense policy bill for the continued development of a nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile, […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would be authorized to spend $375 million more than requested on a plutonium pit factory at the Savannah River Site in fiscal year 2023, […]

The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted for more scrutiny of Department of Energy nuclear-weapon-site contracting and against a proposal to condition funding for the Secretary of Defense’s office […]

Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) has prepared an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill, up for debate this week, that could withhold 10% of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has not won Rep. Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) unconditional trust, but it has convinced him to authorize the agency’s plan to produce plutonium pits in […]

Three uranium processing systems for nuclear weapons at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., will be delayed for six months or more, a federal nuclear safety agency […]

The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee approved its contributions to the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act Wednesday, kicking up to the full committee a package of reforms […]

The leader of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said Monday he sees “tough fights” ahead over President Biden’s proposals to cut the Navy’s nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) program […]

A Georgia congressman released a written request that House appropriators accept the White House’s funding request for the Savannah River Site’s proposed plutonium pit factory and reject a proposed cut […]