Engineering Analysis

Abstract

Provide engineering analyses for all Air Force (AF) nuclear weapons, delivery systems, and support systems to include all phases of acquisition. Provide the engineering and technical management expertise required in critical areas of nuclear weapons safety, security, and reliability; operations; modernization; testing; certification; and counterproliferation. Analyze and document nuclear weapons issues related to risk assessment, data collection, model development, model validation, and weapon effectiveness in support of the DoD-DoE Annual Surety Report; DoE Stockpile Stewardship Plan; DoD-DoE Nuclear Weapon Annual Assessment; and DoD-DoE nuclear stockpile planning and requirements assessment. Air Force Legacy Nuclear Stockpile: In accordance with DoDI 5030.55 and AFI 63-103, funding is used for scheduled, planned, and unplanned activities that support current active and inactive stockpile. Activities include stockpile maintenance; exploratory testing associated with significant finding investigations; DoD leadership, management, and oversight of the Air Force-led, joint DoD-DoE Nuclear Project Officer and Life Extension Groups to manage the B61, B83, W78, W87, W80 and W84 nuclear warheads and associated weapons; testing in support of DoE; and independent technical reviews of DoE National Laboratory processes. Budget Activity Justification: These efforts are Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration, because they include system specific programs to identify and develop life extension programs for, as well as, solutions to problems and/or deficiencies in AF nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon systems, and the supporting infrastructure.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 654236_0604222F_5_3600_PB_2012

Tags

Readers

• Defense Financial Management and Audit.
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
• Software Engineering.