Nuclear Weapons Support

Abstract

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), Kirtland AFB, NM, is the primary executing agency for this program. The AFNWC is tasked with maintaining and providing technical expertise on all Air Force (AF) nuclear weapons and weapon systems. This program provides resources for technical and programmatic activities, which includes research, development, test, and evaluation of all nuclear-certified equipment/systems, as well as performing independent capability analyses on all AF nuclear weapons systems activities, including weapons development and sustainment; interoperability; compatibility; safety, security, and reliability; and AF legacy nuclear stockpile certification management. The FY2022 funding request was reduced by $1.604 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F. In FY20 $0M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY21 $0M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full rate production.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0604222F_5_3600_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
FY21 adjusted for Nuclear weapon system technology and integration forward financing-4,670; Nuclear weapons support forward financing -2,273; Nuclear weapons support prior year carryover -1,985; Undistributed Reduction - Excess to Need -48 FY22 reduced from previous PB due to higher Air Force priorities.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Contracts
  • Cybersecurity
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Logistics
  • Model Based Systems Engineering
  • Product Development
  • Program Management
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Small Business
  • Supply Chain
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vulnerability
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.

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