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Nuclear Modernization

Pentagon ‘Satisfied’ With NNSA Pit Plan, But Warns Civilian Agency is ‘Out of Margin’

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

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Pentagon ‘Satisfied’ With NNSA Pit Plan, But Warns Civilian Agency is ‘Out of Margin’

The Defense Department remains satisfied with the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) strategy to produce plutonium pits at two facilities, but time is short to get started, a senior Pentagon official said here. “DoD is fully behind the NNSA’s current plan,” Peter Fanta, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear matters, said in a question-and-answer session at the ExchangeMonitor's annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit. “It is an aggressive plan, it is a difficult plan, they have to stay on timelines that…

Space

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Congress

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Space

Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill

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Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

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