Nuclear Modernization
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CongressSenate Committee’s Defense Authorization Act Has Requested $19.8B For NNSA
Sen. James Inhofe (R- Okla.) on Thursday made good on his promise to sharply increase the budget for Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs at the expense of the Navy’s […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBoeing To Deliver New Minuteman III Crypto Units This Year
As it holds out hope for a role on the next generation of U.S. nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, Boeing [BA] Defense, Space and Security continues modernizing parts of the existing fleet, including […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Committee Leaders Demand Answers, Briefing About Yield Test Talks at White House
A raft of Democratic lawmakers, led by the chairs of House committees that control nuclear weapons budgets and policy, on Monday demanded that the Department of Energy and the Pentagon […]
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Air ForceB61-12 Good To Go On F-15E, Sandia Says
The B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is building will work with the Boeing [BA]-built F-15E Strike Eagle, the Sandia National Laboratories said last week. “Sandia […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCOVID-19 Cramped Columbia Tube Work, Navy Program Officer Says
Because of COVID-19, vendors to Columbia submarine prime General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat might be a few months late delivering missile tubes for the next-generation ballistic missile submarine, the Columbia […]
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PentagonFormer STRATCOM Hand Tapped for Pentagon Post With Nuclear Weapons Council Role
The Trump administration intends to nominate Lucas Polakowski, a former officer at U.S. Strategic Command, to be the top civilian in the Pentagon’s program to counter weapons of mass destruction. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAbout 1 Month Remains on Temporary COVID-19 Contractor Indemnity Determination
There is about one month left on the temporary indemnity determination the Department of Energy allowed nuclear-weapon sites to add to their management and operations contracts after the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Could be Ready to Go With Minimal Nuke Test in Nevada in ‘Months,’ Pentagon Official Says
It would take only a matter of months for the Department of Energy to perform an underground nuclear-explosive test with minimal diagnostics, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. Previous heads of […]
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COVID-19Random COVID-19 Tests Mandatory at Nuke Weapons Lab
Random tests for COVID-19 infection are now mandatory for personnel reporting to work at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, according to a recent note […]
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CongressTrump’s New Arms Control Negotiator Says Hurting Nuke Modernization Hurts Arms Control
Marshall Billingslea, President Trump’s new pointman on arms control, warned Thursday that if Congress slows down the ongoing U.S. nuclear modernization plan, it would undercut arms control negotiations with Russia […]