Vol. 23, No. 36

Budget & Policy

House Passes Budget Stopgap as Senate Bogs Down Over Wall

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would be funded at an annualized level that is nearly 10% lower than requested for nearly the first two months of fiscal 2020, under a stopgap spending bill approved Thursday by the House of Representatives. In a 301-123 vote, with 76 Republicans joining 225 Democrats in support, the […]
  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Rebuffed by Northrop, Boeing Won’t Rule Out GBSD Contract Protest

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Keeping the threat of a bid protest in his back pocket, a Boeing Co. executive said here Tuesday the U.S. Air Force can save time and money building the next generation of nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles by scrapping… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]

  • Budget & Policy

    NNSA Boss Briefly Considered for National Security Adviser

    The head of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) was briefly on President Donald Trump’s short list to replace John Bolton as national security adviser, media reported Tuesday. However, Trump on Wednesday announced via Twitter he had selected… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Senate Appropriators Want to Slow Award of Uranium Contract to BWXT

    Senate appropriators could slow the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) plan to award a uranium purification-and-conversion contract to BWX Technologies, according to a report accompanying the upper chamber’s fiscal 2020 energy and water spending… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Plutonium Pit Production

    Amid Supreme Court Briefings Over MFFF, Congress Nears Accord on Converting Facility to Weapons Work

    As Congress moves to fund Department of Energy conversion of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) into a new nuclear-weapon parts plant, a federal attorney is urging the Supreme Court to bury a South Carolina lawsuit that seeks to block the government… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Senate Committee’s 2020 Energy Budget Bill Would Stop DNFSB Reorg

    A Department of Energy budget bill that is working its way through the Senate would prohibit the independent federal Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) from reorganizing its small bureaucracy without Congress’ permission. The prohibition against… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Fleischmann Not Running for Alexander’s Senate Seat

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), a six-term congressman representing the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex, said he does not want to succeed Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) in the Senate. “I’m not… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Air Force FY21 Budget Could Shift Bomber Funds to B-21

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The U.S. Air Force is considering whether to move funding from the B-1B Lancer program to buy additional next-generation B-21 bombers in the fiscal 2021 budget, as changes are considered for the overall future of the aging bomber force. Accelerating… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Northrop Grumman Shuffles Organization, Leadership

    Northrop Grumman on Wednesday announced changes to its organization and leadership it argued will better align portfolios. The company said there will be four modified operating sectors: Aeronautics Systems, Defense Systems, Mission Systems, and Space Systems.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Helm Change Announced at Columbia Prime General Dynamics Electric Boat

    General Dynamics recently appointed Kevin Graney, president of GD National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, as president of GD Electric Boat, effective Oct. 1. These moves come with Jeffrey Geiger, president of Electric Boat since 2013, scheduled to retire on Sept.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    Markey, Merkley, Urge End to Nuclear Power Negotiations With Saudi Arabia

    As Secretary of State Michael Pompeo flew this week to Saudi Arabia in the wake of missile attacks on the nation’s oil industry, Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) urged him and Energy Secretary Rick Perry to break off nuclear technology… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]

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