Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, has won a hard-fought design competition with Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, for a new kind of nuclear warhead that the Navy wants to deploy on its ballistic missile submarines, the National Nuclear Security Administration announced today. The Navy will work with NNSA to develop a project plan and detailed cost estimate for what is being called the Reliable Replacement Warhead, according to an NNSA statement. The White House will need this information to support...
