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December 2004 - United States Special Weapons News

  • United States Implements Australia Group Understandings Washington File 29 Dec 2004 -- The U.S. government has amended its export regulations to comply with an Australia Group agreement intended to prevent groups or other states from acquiring a biochemical weapons capability.
  • State Department Outlines Proliferation Security Initiative Washington File 29 Dec 2004 -- The U.S. Department of State released December 27 a fact sheet on the Proliferation Security Initiative(PSI).
  • Energy Agency Awards $21 Million for Nuclear Research Washington File 28 Dec 2004 -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced 35 research awards to U.S. universities totaling $21 million over three years to engage students and professors in nuclear energy research and development programs.
  • Northrop Grumman Receives $153 Million ICBM Award for Guidance Systems Modernization Northrop Grumman 21 Dec 2004 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $153 million contract to continue full-rate production of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Guidance Replacement Program (GRP). This program is a key modernization effort that will upgrade the guidance-system electronics in the Minuteman III ICBM to extend the missile's service life through 2020.
  • U.S., Spain Sign Pact to Prevent Trafficking of Nuclear Material Washington File 23 Dec 2004 -- The United States and Spain signed an agreement December 21 in Madrid to install special equipment at one of Spain's busiest seaports to detect and stop hidden shipments of nuclear and other radioactive materials.
  • Highly Enriched Uranium Repatriated from Czech Republic to Russia Washington File 23 Dec 2004 -- U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced December 22 that six kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU) that could be used for nuclear weapons have been safely returned to the Russian Federation from the Czech Republic.
  • Boeing Wins $21 Million Contract with U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Programs Boeing 22 Dec 2004 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] received a $21 million Navy contract to provide engineering technical support for navigational systems on United States and United Kingdom Trident I and Trident II submarines.
  • Northrop Grumman Receives $248 Million Contract for ICBM Propulsion Replacement Program Northrop Grumman 22 Dec 2004 -- The Air Force today awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a $248 million contract to continue the full-rate production phase of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP). The program is designed to replace aging solid rocket motor sets - stages 1, 2, and 3 - in the Minuteman III force with remanufactured motors to maintain alert readiness status through 2020.
  • Study Demonstrates Effect of Anthrax Vaccine Washington File 16 Dec 2004 -- Rapidly distributing antibiotics to people exposed to anthrax spores during a bioterrorist attack could prevent about 70 percent of anthrax infections, according to a December 15 press release from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  • PROLIFERATION-PROGRAMS VOA 14 Dec 2004 -- At the dawn of the nuclear age, expertise in nuclear matters was limited to scientists of the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Now nuclear arms technology is much more accessible to governments or, potentially, terrorist groups. That has greatly complicated efforts to halt the spread of nuclear weapons.
  • BAE SYSTEMS Awarded $62 Million Strategic Systems Programs Contract BAE Systems 08 Dec 2004 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a $62 million contract from the U.S. Navys Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) based in Washington, D.C. Under the contract, BAE Systems will provide system engineering and integration support for the Trident I (C4) and Trident II (D5) Fleet Ballistic Missile Strategic Weapon System (SWS) programs. The contract is a continuation of a range of system engineering, test, analysis, IT, and logistics solutions performed by BAE Systems for SSP since 1956.
  • U.S. Energy Department Funds New Fusion Energy Experiment Washington File 07 Dec 2004 -- U.S. researchers have begun a novel experiment that will test whether nature's way of confining high-temperature gas might lead to a new source of energy for the world, according to a December 6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) press release.
  • Compliance, Verification, Enforcement Keys to Arms Control Success Washington File 01 Dec 2004 -- In order for arms control agreements to support the security of all nations, "all nations must actively work to promote compliance by all member states," says a State Department official.



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