USA Beefs Up Nuclear Weapons Security

USA Beefs Up Nuclear Weapons Security

AGM-129A loaded on a B-52at Minot Air Force Base, ND(click to view full) In 2007, a B-52 carried 6 unsecured nuclear-tipped AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The nuclear warheads were...
USA Beefs Up Nuclear Weapons Security

Bristol Construction to Repair Rails at USA’s Largest Ammunition Port

MV TSgt John A ChapmanDocked at MOTSU, NC(click to view full) Bristol Construction Services in Anchorage, AK received a $17.5 million construction contract modification to provide labor, materials and equipment to repair/upgrade the access rail line and on-post rail...
USA Beefs Up Nuclear Weapons Security

$49M to Goodrich for Virginia-Class Block III Composite Components

USS Virginia [SSN 774](click to view full) Goodrich in Charlotte, NC received a $49 million contract from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding to provide composite components for the next 8 Virginia-class nuclear fast attack submarines, referred to as Block III....
USA Beefs Up Nuclear Weapons Security

$119M to Harris for Falcon III Handheld Radios for M-ATV Program

Falcon III AN/PRC-152(click to view larger) Harris Corp.’s RF Communications Division in Rochester, NY received orders totaling $119 million to supply Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)-approved Falcon III AN/PRC-152-C handheld radios with the RF-5980-SA001...