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Nuclear Modernization

Nuke Engineering Lab Allowing Some Workers Back in After COVID-19 Case

Tuesday, April 7th, 2020

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Nuke Engineering Lab Allowing Some Workers Back in After COVID-19 Case

The Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., was preparing Monday to move some of its workforce back on site, even as the host counties for two other Department of Energy facilities in the state faced new difficulties from the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the two DoE nuclear weapons laboratories in New Mexico, Sandia has been locked down the longest. The lab urged any employees who could to start teleworking the week of March 16. Albuquerque and the surrounding Bernalillo County have been hard…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]