Vol. 9, No. 144 House unveils stopgap budget to keep gov’t open through mid-March; some DOE anomalies
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Life Extension Programs
W80-4 ‘on schedule,’ first production in FY2027, LLNL official says
LIVERMORE, Ca. — 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 Livermore National Laboratory official told the Exchange Monitor here Tuesday. “We’re… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Amentum earnings fall but future looks bright, Heller says
Earnings fell at Amentum Holdings, Chantilly, Va., in fiscal 2024, although the company, which consolidated this summer with the government contracting and cyber wings of Jacobs, sees better days ahead with new contracts entering the pipeline, such as at the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford scorecards show HMIS bouncing back; WRPS fee slips
After getting bad marks from the Department of Energy during fiscal 2023 for upkeep of fire suppression systems at the Hanford Site in Washington state, a Leidos-led landlord contractor won 85% of its subjective fee from the feds during fiscal 2024. The improved… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Incoming Hanford contractor to start hiring next month
The new BWX Technologies-led contractor that will oversee tank waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state expects to start making job offers to incumbent employees Jan. 6, the joint venture said recently. Hanford Tank Waste Operations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Non-Proliferation
Missing radiation source found in New Jersey; state, federal agencies say they did not use drones to look for it
Federal and state agencies on Tuesday said they did not look for a radiation source, since recovered, that went missing in New Jersey earlier this month. Spokespersons for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection all said in emails Tuesday that they did […]