Partisan battle for new tactical nuke looms in Senate Where will the next skirmish over the Trump administration’s plans for a new nuclear weapon go down? Find out before it happens. By: Joe Gould June 6
New nuclear warhead still under fire from Democrats Here's how Democrats are trying to stop the Trump administration’s plan to expand America's nuclear arsenal now. By: Joe Gould June 1
B-21 Raider covertly completes preliminary design review The US Air Force’s new B-21 bomber stealthily hit a milestone, as it recently wrapped up its preliminary design review. By: Valerie Insinna March 8, 2017
Industry offers come up short in Air Force's Huey replacement program The Air Force’s UH-1N Huey helicopter replacement program has hit a snag: None of the potential offerors meet the threshold requirements with off-the-shelf rotorcraft, necessitating that companies make changes to their aircraft before bidding. By: Valerie Insinna February 16, 2017
Mattis Enthusiastic on ICBMs, Tepid on Nuclear Cruise Missile The secretary of defense nominee also backs nuclear weapons in Europe. By: Aaron Mehta January 12, 2017
Air Force to Examine Maintenance Problems at ICBM Bases Before Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James ends her tenure as the service’s civilian leader, she intends to administer a couple of last action items related to the maintenance of intercontinental ballistic missile facilities. By: Valerie Insinna January 9, 2017
US Navy Missile Submarine Gets Go-Ahead The program to build a new class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines for the US Navy passed a major procedural hurdle Jan. 4, the US Navy announced Monday, allowing engineers and designers to move to the detail design portion of the effort. The Milestone B approval was granted by Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall for the Columbia-class program, previously known as the Ohio Class Replacement (ORP) and as SSBN(X). By: Christopher P. Cavas January 9, 2017
Israeli Satellite Imagery Shows Russian Nuclear-Capable Missiles in Syria High-resolution imagery released on Thursday confirms what Moscow-watchers and intelligence analysts have known since March of last year: the deployment of Russian nuclear-capable ballistic missiles in Syria. By: Barbara Opall-Rome January 6, 2017
Air Force Secretary: Catastrophic Engine Failure Likely to Blame for Minot B-52 Mishap A catastrophic engine failure is the likely cause of a Jan. 4 incident in which a B-52 lost one of its eight engines, top Air Force leaders confirmed to Defense News on Thursday. By: Valerie Insinna January 6, 2017
Engine Drops Out of B-52 During Training at Minot Air Force Base An engine dropped out of a B-52 bomber during a flight on Wednesday, the Air Force has confirmed. By: Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna January 4, 2017
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