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Despite B-52 Cost Breach, W80-4 Will ‘Stay the Course,’ Sandia Director Says

Sarah Salem

Wednesday, May 14th, 2025

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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 Wednesday. “It is really critical that we deliver that system on time,” McGill said while answering a question by sister publication The Exchange Monitor on how last week’s announcement of a B-52 Nunn-McCurdy breach would affect schedules for the W80-4. A Nunn-McCurdy breach means a project is 15% over the…

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