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COVID-19

Worker at DoE Nuke Production Site Has COVID-19

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020

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Worker at DoE Nuke Production Site Has COVID-19

COVID-19 has hit the nuclear weapons production complex, with one employee at the Y-12 National Security Campus testing positive for the disease, a spokesperson for site’s management and operations contract said Tuesday. Y-12, like the Pantex weapons assembly plant in Amarillo, Texas, is managed by the Bechtel National-led Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS). There are no confirmed cases at Pantex, which according to the plant’s main switchboard and website was still operating normally and running its three usual shifts, as of…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

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Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]