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Nuclear Modernization

Compromise NDAA Won’t ‘Restrict’ DoE Plutonium Plans, Lawmaker Says

Monday, December 9th, 2019

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Compromise NDAA Won’t ‘Restrict’ DoE Plutonium Plans, Lawmaker Says

The compromise National Defense Authorization Act will not “restrict” the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) ability to begin building a two-state plutonium-pit production complex in 2020, a key lawmaker said this weekend. “The bill that came out of the house for the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act] attempted to restrict the modernization and the pit production,” Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, said during a panel discussion Saturday at the annual Reagan…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]