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Two-Year Delay For First LRSO Warhead, But NNSA Says Will Still Deliver On-Time to Air Force

Thursday, August 4th, 2022

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Two-Year Delay For First LRSO Warhead, But NNSA Says Will Still Deliver On-Time to Air Force

W8-4 warhead. Image: National Nuclear Security Administration

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) now expects to produce the proof-of-concept article for the refurbished W80 nuclear cruise-missile warhead by the end of fiscal year 2027, roughly two years later than planned. The semiautonomous Department of Energy nuclear weapons agency will turn out the W80-4 first production unit by Sept. 30, 2027 instead of some time in fiscal year 2025, which ends Sept. 30, 2025, an agency spokesperson in Washington said Wednesday. The Nuclear Weapons Council, the joint DoE-Pentagon…

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