
WASHINGTON — COVID-19-related delays at the Department of Energy and its vendors might delay refurbishment of a warhead intended for next-generation nuclear-tipped air-launched cruise missiles, the acting head of the National Nuclear Security Administration said Wednesday in congressional testimony. “So there’s no near-term impacts with that but there could be a schedule adjustment,” Charles Verdon, the acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said in response to questions from Sen. John Hoeven (R-S.D.) during a hearing of the…