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DoE Nuke Agency Will Have to Report on Benefits of Competitive M&O Contracts if House NDAA Becomes Law

Thursday, September 2nd, 2021

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DoE Nuke Agency Will Have to Report on Benefits of Competitive M&O Contracts if House NDAA Becomes Law

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would have to report to Congress about the benefits of competitively awarding management and operations contracts for nuclear weapons sites by March 1, if the House’s version of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act becomes law. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), who holds the seat recently vacated by longtime Armed Services chair Mac Thornberry, ordered up the report in one of the noncontroversial amendments approved for the annual defense policy bill early on in Wednesday’s…

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Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

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Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]