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NNSA Updates B61 LEP Cost Estimate to $8.25 Billion

Alissa Tabirian

Friday, October 21st, 2016

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NNSA Updates B61 LEP Cost Estimate to $8.25 Billion

A B61 bomb in various stages of assembly.

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb life-extension program will cost an estimated $8.25 billion, according to an update issued recently upon the completion of the program’s development engineering phase.The NNSA and the U.S. Air Force in 2010 initiated the program to consolidate four versions of the B61 nuclear bomb into a refurbished B61-12, which is expected to add at least 20 years to the service life of the B61 system (the number of warheads under the…

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