Nuclear Modernization
-
Nuclear ModernizationNo Plan to Consolidate Pit Mission at Single Site, But DoE Won’t Deny the Possibility
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would not rule out the possibility here Thursday that one of the agency’s two planned plutonium pit factories could independently supply […]
-
Nuclear ModernizationJASONs Endorse Fast Start to New Plutonium Pit Complex
The JASON group of scientists has endorsed a plan to immediately begin building new infrastructure to produce fresh nuclear weapon cores, according to a letter written by the group’s program manager and […]
-
Nuclear ModernizationDoE Takes Delivery of New Radiation Monitoring Aircraft
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — The Department of Energy took delivery of three new radiation monitoring aircraft recently and put them on display here Wednesday at one of two home […]
Tagged in: -
BudgetGBSD Gets Full Funding, One String Attached, In 2020 Budget Bill
The 2020 budget bill working its way to President Donald Trump’s desk would fully fund the next generation of nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the civilian-operated infrastructure that makes their […]
-
BudgetBudget Has Clue About Warhead for Possible Nuclear Tipped Sea Launched Cruise Missile
Congress wants the Department of Energy to slide about $5.5 million from the W80 cruise-missile warhead’s maintenance budget into a Pentagon study focused on a design for a nuclear-tipped Sea […]
-
Nuclear Modernization
New ICBM Warhead Will Lose Some Features to Pay for Overruns on Other Nukes
The Department of Energy plans to partially defray cost overruns on two nuclear-weapon refurbishments by stripping features out of the planned warhead for the next land-based, intercontinental ballistic missile, a […]
-
Nuclear ModernizationGBSD Evades Funding Blockade in NDAA, Gets Saddled With New Reporting Reqs
House Democrats failed in their effort to slow procurement of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles via the 2020 National Defense Appropriations Act, the final version of which funds the program […]
-
Nuclear ModernizationCompromise NDAA Won’t ‘Restrict’ DoE Plutonium Plans, Lawmaker Says
The compromise National Defense Authorization Act will not “restrict” the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) ability to begin building a two-state plutonium-pit production complex in 2020, a key lawmaker said […]
-
Nuclear ModernizationSmith Questions Air Force ‘Competence,’ Blames Mishandling of Proprietary Info for Boeing’s GBSD Exit
Questionable “competence” within Air Force procurement ranks helped turn a competition to build a fleet of next-generation nuclear missiles into a one-horse race, the chair of the House Armed Services […]
-
Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Will Resume 10-Year Cost Forecasts for Weapons Complex Modernization
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) dinged the National Nuclear Security Administration recently for not providing 10 years’ worth of cost forecasts in an annual report to Congress on defense […]
Tagged in: