Nuclear Modernization
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman Contract for Up to $3.9 Billion for ICBM Ground Subsystems
The U.S. Air Force on July 7 awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract that could be worth nearly $3.9 billion for ground subsystems support for the Boeing [BA] Minuteman III […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Air Force Awards Raytheon $2 Billion EMD Contract for LRSO
The U.S. Air Force on July 1 awarded Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] missiles and defense division in Tucson, Ariz. a $2 billion cost plus contract with performance incentives for the engineering […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUK Nuclear Complex Management Renationalized
The United Kingdom was scheduled to renationalize management of its nuclear weapons production complex Thursday after almost 30 years of letting industry hold the reins. The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRein in Nuke Spending ‘Til January, Keep GBSD, Avoid ‘Big Leap’ on LRSO, Armed Service Chair Says
Nuclear weapons spending should be kept at a minimum until the White House finishes a review of the arsenal in January, but the Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile program […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDOE Approves Cost Range for S.C. Nuke Core Factory: $6.9B-$11.1B
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration on Monday formalized its choice to build the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility pit factory out of the remains of the partially […]
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Nuclear Modernization‘Challenging’ to get 30 Pits a Year at Los Alamos in 2026, Director Says
The proof-of-concept plutonium pit for the next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile warhead is still on the slate for fiscal year 2023, but cranking out 30 copies annually just three years after […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBiden Nuclear Review Will be Bundled With National Defense Strategy Next Year; Force-Structure ‘Signal’ This Year DoD Official Says
The Biden administration’s nuclear posture review will be bundled with a larger national defense strategy to be released in early 2022, but the administration plans to make a “significant signal” […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCOVID Could Spell Delay for Nuke Refurb but ‘A Lot of Margin’ Remains
WASHINGTON — COVID-19-related delays at the Department of Energy and its vendors might delay refurbishment of a warhead intended for next-generation nuclear-tipped air-launched cruise missiles, the acting head of the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationYears-Long W80 Alt Wraps On Time After Pandemic, Pantex Says
The Pantex Plant wrapped up production of the W80-1 Alt 369, which replaced limited life components for the warhead that tips the Air Force’s AGM-86b Air Launched Cruise Missile, the […]
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CongressRanking Strategic Forces Republican Roasts Acting SecNav Over Cancelling SLCM-N
By suggesting that the Navy cancel a nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile, the service’s acting secretary imperiled arms control negotiations and undercut President Joe Biden, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said during […]