Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD)
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Nuclear ModernizationNo Plan to Consolidate Pit Mission at Single Site, But DoE Won’t Deny the Possibility
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would not rule out the possibility here Thursday that one of the agency’s two planned plutonium pit factories could independently supply […]
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UncategorizedDoE Plans Expedited Environmental Review of Factories for Nuclear Cores
The Department of Energy plans a somewhat expedited environmental review of its plan to convert a partially built plutonium recycling plant at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., into […]
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Budget
GBSD Gets Full Funding, One String Attached, In 2020 Budget Bill
The 2020 budget bill working its way to President Donald Trump’s desk would fully fund the next generation of nuclear-tipped, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the civilian-operated infrastructure that makes their […]
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Nuclear ModernizationGBSD Evades Funding Blockade in NDAA, Gets Saddled With New Reporting Reqs
House Democrats failed in their effort to slow procurement of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles via the 2020 National Defense Appropriations Act, the final version of which funds the program […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSmith Questions Air Force ‘Competence,’ Blames Mishandling of Proprietary Info for Boeing’s GBSD Exit
Questionable “competence” within Air Force procurement ranks helped turn a competition to build a fleet of next-generation nuclear missiles into a one-horse race, the chair of the House Armed Services […]
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Nuclear ModernizationPODCAST: Boeing and Northrop Lock Horns over Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent
Tensions are building — or perhaps have boiled over — between Boeing and Northrop Grumman on potentially $100 billion worth of work, over five decades, replacing and maintaining the ground-based leg of […]
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Nuclear ModernizationRebuffed by Northrop, Boeing Won’t Rule Out GBSD Protest; Appeals to AF for Mandatory Partnership on New ICBM
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Keeping the threat of a bid protest in his back pocket, a Boeing executive said here Tuesday that the Air Force can save time and money […]
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Air Force
Boeing Claims Northrop Rejected Potential Partnership on GBSD Program
After several weeks of speculation that the two developers for the Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system could work together on a path forward, the companies appear to be […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Approve Extra Funding for DoE Nuke Programs in 2020
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration would get every penny it sought in fiscal year 2020 and then some, under a Senate Appropriations Committee bill that would give […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Boost GBSD for 2020
The next-generation, nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missile that Boeing [BA] has vowed not to prime would get $65 million more than the White House requested for 2020, if a bill advanced […]