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NNSA Authorizes Last Development Phase for B61-12

Alissa Tabirian

Monday, August 1st, 2016

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NNSA Authorizes Last Development Phase for B61-12

A B61 bomb in various stages of assembly.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Monday it has officially OK'd the production engineering phase of the B61-12 warhead life-extension program, marking the program’s entry into the final phase of development before production.This milestone follows four years of work in the development-engineering phase, NNSA said, noting that the first production unit is expected in fiscal 2020. Production is projected to finish by 2024.The NNSA and the Air Force began the life-extension program in 2010 to consolidate four versions of…

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