Listing of Defense Programs blogs and press releases

The Director of the Office of Experimental Science, Dr. Njema Frazier, recently attended the 45th International Conference on Plasma Science in Denver

The United States and United Kingdom celebrated the 60th anniversary of their Mutual Defense Agreement.

NNSA's Office of Secure Transportation welcomed 24 federal agents at a graduation ceremony upon completion of Nuclear Materials Courier training.

Four doctoral candidates from prestigious universities have officially come aboard as the first Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship.

During a visit to NNSA’s headquarters, the 2018 Sandia National Laboratories’ Weapon Intern Program learned from the experts.

NNSA has designated a new Center of Excellence to be led by Texas A&M University in the area of Low Energy Nuclear Science.

NNSA and the U.S. Air Force completed two non-nuclear system qualification flight tests of the B61-12 gravity bomb on June 9 at Tonopah Test Range.

An interagency partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and NNSA will use supercomputing to securely analyze digital medical records.

NNSA and Sandia National Laboratories launched a rocket in May that carried experiments to support the stockpile and increase scientific understanding

NNSA Aircraft inspector Alfred Castillo has been honored with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award

Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, spoke to employees at NNSA and across the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

Five runners NNSA's Defense Programs’ decision support team, ran in a three-mile charity race in Washington, D.C.

Anh Nguyen of NNSA's Office of Secure Transportation (OST) has ties today and in the past to Arkansas' Fort Chaffee, home of OST's training command.

A group of students recently traveled to NNSA headquarters to talk to experts about science-based stockpile stewardship and nuclear policy 

NNSA statement on Plutonium Pit Production

Edward Norris is part of the NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program, a unique opportunity for recent graduates to join the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

NNSA's Office of Cost Policy and Analysis recently won an award for their modeling and analysis task to create a new budget process.

A group of new employees in the NNSA First Year Program got to see a display of vehicles and equipment used by NNSA’s Office of Secure Transportation.

NNSA has designated a new Center of Excellence at the University of Texas at Austin as part of the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program.

NNSA’s Office of Secure Transportation headquarters recently celebrated the completion of a $3.9 million building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The Department of Energy's VET Success Program is specially-tailored to enhance their potential even more.

A 13-year-old girl wrote NNSA asking if she could someday become a Nuclear Material Courier. The answer is yes!

Jennifer Beveridge is a fellow in the NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program, which allows recent graduates to join the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

A record number of participants attended this year’s Stewardship Science Academic Programs Symposium.

The Uranium Processing Facility project has been authorized to start construction on three main buildings.