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Helm Change at Outgoing Prime Contractor for DoE Nuke Site

Friday, August 7th, 2020

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Helm Change at Outgoing Prime Contractor for DoE Nuke Site

Michelle Reichert will become president of Consolidation Nuclear Security, the outgoing management and operations contractor for the Y-12 National Security Site and the Pantex Plant, next week, the Bechtel National-led company said Friday. Reichert, the currently chief operating officer for the prime, will replace Morgan Smith, who is retiring. “Morgan has been considering retirement for some time, and he decided the time is now right for him, for his family, and for an orderly transition to occur so that both…

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]