Budget & Policy

HASC-Strategic Forces Lawmakers Vow to Push Back Against Sequestration Cuts

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Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
2/27/2015
The top Republican and Democrat on the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee vowed this week to push back against House leadership plans to set funding levels for the nation’s strategic and nuclear forces…

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LRSO Deployment Rooted in New START Treaty Policy

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Global Strike Command Director of Operations: LRSB Ready to Go Nuclear Two Years after IOC

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AF Senior Leaders Hold Nuclear Oversight Board Meeting at Minot for First Time

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Former Dem. Sen. Approps. Staffer: Cruise Missile Could Be Endangered

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At Oak Ridge

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As NNSA Steadies LEP Workload, FPU on Navy Portion of Interoperable Warhead Delayed to 2035

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CNO: DoD “Reviewing” Modernization Across Nuclear Enterprise

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Without Fee Incentives, DOE Risks Losing Competition, Industry Execs Say

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NNSA: Past Performance Important, but ‘Case-by-Case’ Approach Appropriate for M&O Procurements

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Battelle Eyeing Increased Role Across Weapons Complex

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Former STRATCOM Chief Pushes NC3 Modernization

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SecAF: Service Has Programmed $5.6B Increase in FYDP for Nuclear Forces

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For Y-12/Pantex Contractor, Limited Flexibility in Shifting Money Between Sites

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Moniz: $200 Million More a Year Needed for Optimal MOX Construction

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At Los Alamos

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DOE Considering Complex-Wide Infrastructure Committee

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Income for B&W Technical Services Group Continues to Dip

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Huntington Ingalls to Ramp Up Capital Investments to Prepare for ORP Contracts

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Daines Engages AF Secretary on Proposed PRTC Expansion

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