Nuclear Modernization
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Funds Navy Nuclear SLCM AoA, But Directs Report
The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee recommends funding the Navy’s analysis of alternatives (AoA) for a new nuclear-armed Sea-launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N), but has concerns and directs the Secretary of the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLatest Boeing B61-12 Contract Worth $215 Million
Boeing’s [BA] contract to build the tail kit that will guide the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb during free fall is worth $215 million over four years, according to an Air […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNew Study Finds NNSA Pit Strategy Unlikely to Meet Production Deadline, Lawmaker Says
The Pentagon and the National Nuclear Security Administration should reconsider their decision to make nuclear weapon cores in two states beginning in 2030 after yet another study concluded the plan […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Air Force Releases Funds for Early Components for Boeing’s B61-12 Tail Kit
Boeing [BA] has received a roughly $125 million contract modification to procure some long-lead components for the guided tail kit the company is making for the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoD Policy Official Ducks Question About Delivery of Nuclear Cores if Congress Block Planned Plutonium Plant
A senior defense official declined to say Wednesday whether the Department of Energy can deliver nuclear warheads for next-generation intercontinental ballistic missiles on time if Congress does not fund both […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAF Global Strike Command Leader Expects Cost of New ICBM to Increase in Short Term
The leader of Air Force Global Strike Command expects the cost of the service’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to increase in the short term, he said April 17. However, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDOE Lab To Seek Bids On Waste Treatment Plant For Warhead Core Factory
The Los Alamos National Laboratory expects to solicit bids in October for design and construction of a facility to treat liquid transuranic waste generated by future production of fissile nuclear-weapon cores, called […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPentagon Cans JASON Even As Group Works Three Studies For NNSA
The Pentagon is pulling the plug on the contract for the JASON civilian science advisory panel even as contractor MITRE Corp. works on multiple studies for the National Nuclear Security […]
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Nuclear ModernizationB83 Bomb Can Go 5-7 More Years Without Major Refurb, DoE Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) can only wait five to seven more years before beginning a potentially costly life-extension program on the megaton-class B83 gravity bomb, a senior agency […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSTRATCOM Declares IOC for New Nuclear C3 Enterprise Center
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) formally declared initial operational capability of its new Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Center (NEC) April 3, which will lay the groundwork for the command […]