Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationNuclear Weapons Agency, Environmentalists Get More Time to Negotiate Agreement After Government Loses Lawsuit
A judge Monday granted an extension for parties involved in a three year-old lawsuit against the Department of Energy to reach a compromise, a court document shows. The new due […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA ‘Diamond-Stamped’ First Plutonium Pit For W87-1 Warhead
The National Nuclear Security Administration on Tuesday finished its First Production Unit of a plutonium pit for the planned W87-1 warhead, an agency press release said. The National Nuclear Security […]
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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 […]