Nuclear Modernization
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BudgetDoE, DoD Officials Won’t Talk Timeline on NNSA
In separate congressional hearings here Tuesday, senior Energy and Defense officials declined to pin down the date at which the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) might start modifying an existing […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoE Should Publish Plan for ‘Entire Nuclear Security Enterprise,’ National Academies Says
The new head of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, in office less than a month, should direct the agency to produce an overarching plan for the future […]
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Nuclear ModernizationW88 Warhead Upgrade Nailed Final Design Review, NNSA Says
A civil-military panel approved designs for an upgrade of the W88 nuclear ballistic missile warhead carried aboard U.S. submarines, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Jan. 16. Panel members, […]
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CongressDHS Unifying Counter WMD Support In Response To Evolving Threats
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday rolled out a new office that consolidates existing organizations that work to protect the U.S. against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats […]
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Nuclear ModernizationArsenal Modernization Means More Nukes, Perry Says
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday suggested that modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal includes increasing the number of weapons. In an energy policy discussion hosted by NBC and […]
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Nuclear Modernization
NNSA Finishes Mods For Cruise Missile Warhead
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has refurbished the first in a line of nuclear warheads that will be used on an aging fleet of U.S. cruise missiles well into […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Finishes Production Of Critical Non-Nuclear Systems For W76 Warhead
The National Nuclear Security Administration said Monday it has wrapped up production of critical non-nuclear systems required to upgrade the W76 warhead. The Department of Energy’s (DoE) semiautonomous stockpile steward […]
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Air ForceAir Force Taps Lockheed, Rockwell To Design ICBM Control System
The U.S. Air Force has picked Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Rockwell Collins [COL] to begin designing a replacement for the aging Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS), which allows command-and-control aircraft to […]
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Air ForceAir Force To Hold First GBSD Review Since Contract Awards
The U.S. Air Force, which awarded two contracts last month to mature designs for the Ground-based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), plans to hold the program’s first major review next month, a […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNew NNSA Boss Could Be Announced This Month
The White House could announce new leadership for the National Nuclear Nuclear Security Administration before September is out, a source said Thursday. Frank Klotz, the current undersecretary for nuclear security […]