Nuclear Weapons
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Air ForceCalvert: ‘We Can’t Afford a Repeat of the F-35 Program’
The U.S. Air Force F-47 future manned fighter by Boeing [BA] should take lessons learned from the Air Force/Navy/Marine Corps program for the Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] F-35, Rep. Ken Calvert […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTrump Taps Brandon Williams as His NNSA Administrator Nomination
Brandon Williams, a former one-term congressman from New York’s 22nd district, is President Trump’s pick to head the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration. Chris Wright, Trump’s nominee […]
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Nuclear ModernizationTrump’s DoE Nominee Says U.S. Uranium Enrichment and Pits ‘Collapsed To Nearly Nothing’
Chris Wright, President-elect Trump’s pick for secretary of energy, said he would make it a priority to enrich uranium domestically Wednesday at his confirmation hearing. “We have lost our ability […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHegseth Says Supports SLCM ‘As of Right Now’ at Senate Armed Services Hearing
Peter Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s intended nominee for Secretary of Defense, was questioned Tuesday by a Senate committee about his fitness for the role, including his knowledge of the U.S. nuclear […]
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Nuclear ModernizationW80-4 ‘On Schedule,’ First Production in FY2027, LLNL Official Says
LIVERMORE, Calif. — The W80-4 warhead’s final design reviews are complete and its first production unit is still on track for fiscal year 2027, a senior official at the Lawrence […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFor Science, Keep It Subcritical, NNSA Defense Programs Head Says
Marvin Adams, deputy administrator for defense programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration, told sister publication Exchange Monitor Friday that the U.S. does not need to critically test, even in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFeds Ask Judge to Vacate Order in Activists’ Nuclear Weapons Lawsuit, Keep Case in District Court
The federal government last week asked a judge to vacate a judgment favoring environmentalists in a plutonium pit lawsuit and stop the case from going to an appeals court. The […]
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Nuclear ModernizationGAO Says More Work Needed on DoE Procurements
When it comes to overseeing billions of dollars’ worth of federal contracts, the Department of Energy, and its two nuclear weapons complex offices, still has work to do, a congressional […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Agency Refutes Anti’s Court Claims, Says Feds Looked at Environmental Effect of Making Warhead Cores in New Mexico
The National Nuclear Security Administration, in asking a court to deny an activist’s amicus brief in an ongoing lawsuit, said it conducted a review of producing warhead cores in New […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUS Launched Minuteman III ICBM With Three Test Warheads
The U.S. Space Force tested the intercontinental ballistic missile’s ability to strike targets with multiple warheads in a Minuteman III launch Tuesday at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. According to […]