Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Agency Opens Small Factory for Nuke Parts
About 100 people are already working at a new Kansas City National Security Campus satellite facility that opened in October just down the road from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s […]
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Business/FinancialJacobs Earnings About Flat for Year, but Profitability Rises for Continuing Operations
Profits at Jacobs Engineering, Dallas, fell 3% for the fiscal year ended Oct. 1 as revenue rose by proportionally the same amount, the company said Tuesday morning in its latest […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAussie Nuclear Propulsion Partnership With U.S., U.K., Takes ‘Another Step Forward,’ Prime Minister Says
Australian personnel will be able to access training and information about U.S. and U.K. nuclear naval propulsion as part of the latest progress in the three-way AUKUS agreement to transfer […]
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Navy/USMCColumbia Could be Down to 2 Months of Margin, Navy Program Exec Says
Editor’s note, 11/19/2021, 12:41 p.m. Eastern time. The story was changed to show that the program has two months of margin, according to the Navy’s program executive officer for strategic […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBiden Administration Opposes Authorizers’ Provision to Limit Reduction Below 400 ICBMs, As NPR Continues
As the Biden administration conducts its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the administration is opposing a draft defense authorization bill provision that would prohibit a reduction below 400 Boeing [BA] Minuteman […]
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CongressDefense Nuclear Amendments for the Senate’s FY22 NDAA: W80-4; Posture Review; Plant Directed R&D; More
With the Senate set to debate its version of the National Defense Authorization Act this week in Washington — the measure would authorize $20 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration compared […]
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Nuclear ModernizationB61-12 First Production Unit ‘Nearing Completion,’ DoE Nuke Agency Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration is almost finished with a proof-of-concept unit that will kick off mass production of the homogenized version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, an agency […]
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Business/FinancialDoE Nixes Huge Site Management Competition Over Concerns With Nuclear Weapons Work
Before it even started, the Department of Energy this week canceled a competition for a Savannah River Site management and operations contract worth billions, citing an increase of National Nuclear […]
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InternationalDem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Propose Nuclear Weapons Agreements In Upcoming Talks With China
A group of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Biden to prioritize nuclear weapons strategic agreements in discussions with China, to include pushing for greater transparency and measures they say could […]
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International
Pentagon Says China May Have At Least 1,000 Nuclear Warheads By 2030, Milley Calls Beijing ‘Really Significant’ Challenge
The Pentagon expects China to have an arsenal of at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, according to a new report, with the U.S.’ top military official on Wednesday calling […]