B61-12 test program resolves risks as cost drops to $1.2 billion

By Rachel Cohen / May 25, 2018 at 10:15 AM
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center says it resolved risks to the B61-12 life extension program's tailkit assembly effort that were noted in a recent Selected Acquisition Report obtained by Inside the Air Force . The December 2017 SAR , which includes data as recent as mid-March, stated the $1.2 billion B61-12 tailkit program is monitoring a B-2 test asset availability risk and mitigating concerns related to initial operational test and evaluation and joint test execution. In a May 18...

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