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Air ForceBoeing Edges Lockheed To Win F-47 NGAD Fighter Contract That Air Force Says Offers More Range, Stealth, Sustainability
The Air Force last Friday awarded Boeing [BA] the contract to build the first sixth-generation manned fighter aircraft that it said will have more stealth, range, maneuverability, sustainability, readiness, and […]
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UncategorizedGAO Says NNSA at ‘Fraud Risk’ For Awarding Money to Not-Small Businesses
The Government Accountability Office said last week that the National Nuclear Security Administration and six of its management and operating contractors incorrectly reported small business contracts awarded in fiscal 2018-2022. […]
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UncategorizedKey Weapons Complex Dems Slam DOGE After NNSA Contractors Targeted
Reps. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) criticized the Department of Government Efficiency last week, around the time DOGE began reviewing contractors to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s franchise. […]
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UncategorizedDoD Officials Discuss Progress In Workforce Reductions
Nearly 21,000 Defense Department personnel have opted to voluntarily resign from the civilian workforce and about 6,000 slots open each month are not being filled due to a hiring freeze […]
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UncategorizedGAO Recommended NNSA Improve ‘Decentralized’ Reporting On Risks To Industrial Base
The Government Accountability Office said in a report last week that the National Nuclear Security Administration “does not clearly communicate” its needs to Congress on risks to its industrial base. […]
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UncategorizedConstruction Halted On Last National Security Cutter Over Conformance Issues
The Coast Guard and shipbuilder HII [HII] are negotiating to resolve “material conformance” issues identified during construction of the 11th and final Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC), the service said […]
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UncategorizedWicker Pushing Skeptical OMB On SAWS
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday said he is trying to push the skeptical White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to accept an initiative […]
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UncategorizedDoE Issues Return To Office Schedule For Most Employees
The Department of Energy issued a memo dated Thursday Feb. 27 saying telework and remote work agreements will be terminated, with exceptions, and all employees will return to in-person work. […]
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UncategorizedFleischmann Cites ‘Workforce Shortage’ in NNSA, but Oak Ridge Unaffected By Firings
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), whose district abuts Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, said Tuesday the nuclear enterprise was facing a “workforce shortage.” Fleischmann, who chairs a […]
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UncategorizedActing NNSA Head Says Unfired Employees Have Been Contacted, Returned to Work
Teresa Robbins, acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, told sister publication The Exchange Monitor Tuesday that everyone whose firing was rescinded at the agency was successfully contacted and has […]
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