Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationBechtel, Kratos, Get Spots on Northrop Grumman’s GBSD Team
Northrop Grumman [NOC] tapped Bechtel National and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions to provide construction services and specialized transportation equipment for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDrive to Replace Capacitors for Refurbished Nukes Causing Delays for ICBM Fuze Modernization
Complications with the B61-12 and W88 Alt-370 programs might delay production of new intercontinental ballistic missile fuzes at the Department of Energy’s Kansas City National Security Campus by more than […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Seeks Massive Increase for ICBM Warhead, Pit Infrastructure in 2021
The Department of Energy seeks nearly a four-fold funding increase for development of the the W87-1, silo-based intercontinental ballistic-missile warhead in fiscal year 2021, plus more than $1 billion to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoD Plans W93 To Succeed W76 and W88 SLBM Warheads
The Defense Department plans to use the proposed Mk 7 W93 submarine-launched nuclear ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead to eventually replace the current W76 and W88 warheads without increasing the size […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Seeks $53 Million for W93 in Fiscal 2021; Won’t Detail Timeline for Producing Weapon
The Department of Energy is seeking $53 million in fiscal year 2021 for the proposed W93 sea-based, ballistic-missile warhead: two years sooner than the agency previously thought it would need […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDems Ask DoD to Explain W76-2 Use Plans, Effect on NNSA Complex
The latest wave of opposition to the lower-yield W76-2 warhead the Navy deployed last year crested Wednesday, when five Senators asked Secretary of Defense Mark Esper what the Pentagon might […]
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Business/FinancialFluor Nixes Planned Sale of Gov Biz, Including Civilian Nuke Contracts
Engineering and procurement giant Fluor [FLR] reversed course and decided not sell its government contracting business, which has contracts with Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons complex, and Department of Defense, the […]
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Business/FinancialNNSA to Contract for More JASON Work by April
The Department of Energy plans to issue the MITRE Corp.-funded JASON group of civilian scientists more nuclear security work by the end of April, according to a procurement note published […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPlanned W93 Warhead Will Contribute to new U.K. Nuke, DOD Officials Say
The proposed W93 sea-launched warhead, the nuclear tip of planned next-generation U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missiles, will share technology with United Kingdom’s next nuclear weapon, Pentagon officials said Thursday. W93 will […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDecision On Next U.S. Uranium Enrichement Tech Pushed To ‘End Of Year’ To Give Oak Ridge ‘Fair Shot’ Against Centrus
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Nuclear Security Administration delayed a choice about whether to use government or commercially developed uranium enrichment technology for defense needs by nearly a year because […]