Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Seeks $16.5B for Nukes in 2020; Includes More Low-Yield Warhead Work
The White House is seeking $16.5 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for fiscal 2020: a roughly 8-percent increase from just over $15 billion in 2019 that, a […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRank-and-File Dems Buck Smith on ICBM Value
The United States does not need intercontinental ballistic missiles to prevent a nuclear attack on its territory, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said in a hearing here […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Relationship With Pentagon ‘Never Stronger;’ Making Warheads Cores in S.C. ‘Won’t Be Easy
The relationship between the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Defense “has never been stronger,” the head of the semi-autonomous civilian weapons agency said Tuesday at a public […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSASC Chair Calls Continued Modernization, Arms Control Efforts ‘Excellent’ Plan for Nuke Policy
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee praised as “excellent” the testimony of three former government officials who urged lawmakers Thursday to continue modernizing the entire nuclear triad and […]
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Navy/USMCOfficers Send Conflicting Signals on Columbia Program Margin
A Navy admiral and the head of U.S. Strategic Command sent conflicting signals in Washington on Tuesday about whether a botched welding job on long-lead parts of the Columbia-class submarine […]
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Nuclear ModernizationBWXT’s 2018 Earnings Soar on Sub Business; Company Getting Colder Feet on Follow-on Missile Tube Work
BWX Technologies [BWXT] said Monday it capped 2018 with better than 50 percent earnings growth after clinching more nuclear naval, environmental cleanup, and uranium downblending work from the Department of Energy. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDepartment of Energy Says First Low-Yield, Sub-Launched Nuke Warhead is Ready for Battle
The Department of Energy certified Friday that a new low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead is battle ready, the agency said Monday. In a late-Monday press release, the agency’s semi-autonomous National […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSecond TVA Reactor Could Be Licensed for Tritium Production This Year, NNSA Says
The second of two Tennessee Valley Authority civilian nuclear reactors could get the license it needs to start producing tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons this year, a National Nuclear Security […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLow Yield Nuclear SLCM Might Wait Until Well After LRSO, Pentagon Official Says
It could take a decade to build the low-yield, nuclear-tipped, sea-launched cruise missile the Trump administration called for last year, and development might not be able to start until the […]
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Air ForcePentagon IG to Evaluate Space, Nuclear and Missile Defense Programs in FY ’19
The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DOD OIG) plans to evaluate 11 separate efforts related to space, nuclear deterrence and missile defense in fiscal year 2019, including […]