The Nuclear Weapons Center activates at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., to oversee nuclear weapon sustainment. The Air Force Materiel Command direct reporting unit was later redesignated the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center on Feb. 29, 2008.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
