DOD Advisers Urge Funding Increase for Nuke-Related Supercomputing Program

By Sebastian Sprenger / March 20, 2009 at 5:00 AM
A group of Pentagon advisers is calling on Obama administration leaders to reverse what they say is a downward trend of funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration's supercomputing efforts, which are crucial for the study of nuclear weapons. In a new report, panelists concluded that NNSA officials will be unable to reach critical milestones set out in internal strategy papers unless administration leaders ramp up funding for the quasi-agency's Advanced Simulation and Computing program. The document does not include...

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