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First Production Unit of B61-13 Gravity Bomb Could Be Out This Month, NNSA Exec Says
Teresa Robbins, acting head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said on Wednesday that the first production unit of the B61-13 gravity bomb is “anticipated” to be complete later […]
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No Decision Made Yet on Reusing Minuteman Siloes for Sentinel, Commander Says
Gen. Thomas Bussiere, commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., said reusing the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile siloes for the replacement Sentinel […]
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MDA Moves To Prioritize Directed Energy Lasers For Missile Shield
The Missile Defense Agency is moving forward on several initiatives to increasingly prioritize development and integration of multiple directed energy (DE) laser and non-kinetic ways to intercept missiles, the agency […]
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Bollinger, Edison Chouest Partner To Pursue Coast Guard’s Arctic Security Cutter
Bollinger Shipyards and Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) have formed a strategic alliance to offer a solution to the Coast Guard’s emerging medium polar icebreaker program, the Arctic Security Cutter (ASC). […]
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BWXT Has Strong Quarter, Sees ‘Robust’ Opportunities From Oak Ridge Land Purchase
Earnings rose at BWX Technologies [BWXT] in the first quarter, which the company partly attributed to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s intent to award it a sole source contract for […]
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Australian PM Says ‘Warm’ Phone Call With Trump Included AUKUS, Tariffs
After his recent reelection victory, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said he received a positive phone call from President Trump, according to an Australian publication Monday. “We talked about AUKUS and […]
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Defense Watch: ALPV Update, Russian EW, Sentinel, Blue UAS Revamp, HPM
ALPV Update. Lt. Gen. Eric Austin, Deputy Commandant of Combat Development and Integration, on April 30 confirmed the Marine Corps is currently testing two Autonomous Low Profile Vessels [ALPVs] out […]
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State Approves Software Deal To India, Patriot Upgrades to Kuwait
The State Department on Wednesday approved a $131 million software deal to India and $425 million in services work with the Patriot air defense system to Kuwait. The Defense Security […]
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Garamendi Amendment To Delay Sentinel Fails
An amendment proposed by Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a longtime anti-nuclear advocate, to postpone Sentinel funding from a $150 billion defense reconciliation bill marked up in the House Armed Services […]
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NNSA No. 2 Nom Questioned on Workforce Needs
In testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Vice Adm. Scott Pappano, President Trump’s pick for principal deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), said “recruitment and […]