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Kilby, Strategic Systems Lead Weigh ‘Alternatives’ For SLCM-N
Adm. James Kilby, acting Chief of Naval Operations, said last week that he was in talks with the director of Strategic Systems Programs on nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) alternatives. […]
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IC Exploring How To Reform Procurement Process To Expand Opportunities, Gabbard Says
ST. LOUIS—Mirroring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s priority of opening up the DoD procurement process to find the best solutions, the intelligence community is doing the same, Director of National Intelligence […]
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Los Alamos Plutonium Facility Moves Into 24/7 Operations, DNFSB Reports
Triad National Security, the prime contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, announced the beginning of phasing into 24/7 operations at the New Mexico lab’s plutonium facility, according to a Defense […]
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Unarmed Minuteman III Test launch Scheduled for Wednesday Morning
Vanderberg Space Force Base announced that the U.S. military will test-launch an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in Santa Barbara County, Calif., on May 21. The Air Force Global […]
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Defense Watch: Right-To-Repair, Golden Dome Study, Space Budget Growth, Lockheed NGA Award
Department of the Air Force Posture Hearing. The Senate Armed Services Committee is to hear from newly minted Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave […]
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Danly Confirmed as Deputy Energy Secretary
The Senate Tuesday voted 52-to-44 to confirm James Danly, a former member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to be deputy secretary of energy. The vote was along party lines with four […]
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Garamendi Bullish on Los Alamos Making 100 pits Per Year in 4 Years
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a vocal nuclear critic and member of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee, told sister publication The Exchange Monitor Los Alamos National Laboratory “ought to be […]
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Despite B-52 Cost Breach, W80-4 Will ‘Stay the Course,’ Sandia Director Says
The W80-4 warhead will stay on schedule, despite the cost breach of its delivery vehicle the B-52 bomber, Sandia National Laboratories director Laura McGill said during an online press conference […]
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Defense Watch: FORGE, Cloud Contract, Another Super Hornet Lost, AFC/TRADOC Merger Name, TOC-L Protest
FORGEing Solutions. The Defense Innovation Unit last week issued the “FORGE: Foundry for Operational Readiness and Global Effects” solicitation, which is getting after advanced manufacturing solutions to “boost production capacity […]
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Amentum Reports Increased Earnings, Cites Nuclear Biz
Earnings rose at Amentum [AMTM] in its second quarter, which the government contractor partly attributed Wednesday to demand for nuclear work and divestiture of a non-core asset. Net earnings for […]