Major nuclear stockpile milestone assembled almost a year ahead of target date through streamlined production
NNSA completed the Last Production Unit (LPU) of the B61-12 Life Extension Program (LEP). The B61-12 is the latest modification to the B61 family of gravity bombs, which are deployed from U.S. Air Force and North Atlantic Treaty Organization bases.
NNSA verified completion of the First Production Unit (FPU) of a plutonium pit for the W87-1 Modification Program. A plutonium pit is a necessary component in America’s nuclear warheads.
Last week, NNSA welcomed international diplomats to Sandia National Laboratories and the Nevada National Security Site. It was part of an NNSA effort to show transparency about its work and U.S. support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
Meet Shahnaz Punjani. Star Wars helped spark her interest in becoming an astronaut. As the division director for #NNSA’s Ballistic Missile Weapons Division, she doesn’t orbit the earth, but she has made a life and career that are out of this world.
As part of its efforts to demonstrate transparency about its work, in late November NNSA welcomed 13 non-governmental experts on arms control and nonproliferation to its Nevada facilities, including parts of the Nevada National Security Site.
NNSA released the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan for Fiscal Year 2024.
In March 2023, NNSA’s Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs approved the W80-4 Life Extension Program (LEP) to transition into Phase 6.4, Production Engineering.
NNSA delivered the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan for Fiscal Year 2023. This report describes NNSA’s plans to implement the Biden Administration’s 2022 Nuclear Posture Review.
A big sports fan from a Nigerian household, he converted his Computer Science background and NNSA graduate fellowship into success at Defense Programs. Meet David Etim.