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Protests of Big NNSA Production Sites Contract Dismissed as Agency Plans ‘Corrective Action’

Tuesday, January 18th, 2022

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Protests of Big NNSA Production Sites Contract Dismissed as Agency Plans ‘Corrective Action’

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plans to address a perceived conflict of interest, raised by a Bechtel National-led team, about the agency’s November award of a potentially decade-long sites-management contract to a Fluor [FLR]-led team, according to a letter from the Government Accountability Office. On Friday, at the NNSA request, a source said, the Government Accountability Office dismissed protests filed by the Bechtel-led Integrated Mission Delivery and the BWX Technologies [BWXT]-led Strategic Nuclear Operators. Both companies bid and lost…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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