Nuclear Modernization

Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) wants the U.S. Air Force to ensure that its upcoming fiscal 2026 budget has funds to update Minot AFB, N.D.’s weapons storage for RTX‘s [RTX] future […]

AURORA, Colo.–Rapid prototyping is key to the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) approach to the modernization of strategic and tactical communications. “We really are looking to award prototyping […]

Will the U.S. Air Force need to build new ICBM “launch facilities”–siloes–to accommodate the LGM-35A Sentinel? “Looks to me like they’re going to have to,” says Sen. Angus King (I-Me.), […]

Simplifying DoD program requirements as part of an effort to spur more companies to make defense systems is a priority for Stephen Feinberg, the co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management and […]

U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) said on Wednesday that it conducted a routine, reliability flight test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at 1 a.m. Pacific […]

The Boeing [BA] and Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf has begun initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E), the U.S. Air Force said. “Three MH-139 IOT&E flights took place during the week […]

The U.S. Air Force is considering the replacement of flight control units for the engines on the three-stage Minuteman III ICBM by Boeing [BA]. The 90th Missile Wing at F.E. […]

The day before BAE Systems‘ nearly dozen year, $1.9 billion Integrated Support Contract for the ICBM fields was to expire, the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center’s ICBM directorate at […]

As the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awaits its marching orders from the Trump administration, the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is now saying it will get […]

Jill Hruby, outgoing administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, told the next administration ‘don’t lose the momentum’ in a tell-all on the state of the nuclear enterprise Thursday. “I […]