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Homeland Security

NNSA Wants to Start Modification for Crucial Los Alamos Pit Facility

Monday, February 26th, 2018

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NNSA Wants to Start Modification for Crucial Los Alamos Pit Facility

The Department of Energy said Friday it wants to do more plutonium chemistry and experiments in an existing building at the Los Alamos National Laboratory as part of a plan to resume the lab’s production of fissile nuclear-weapon cores called plutonium pits.The move would mean raising the amount of plutonium-239, or its equivalent, allowed in the lab’s Radiological Laboratory/Utility/Office Building: a tenfold increase to 400 grams from the current limit of just under 40 grams, DoE’s National Nuclear Security Administration…

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]

Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]