XTD Programs
Certification, technologies and assessments
ACQ Advanced Certification
- Grant Bazan, program manager
- Advanced Certification and Qualification (ACQ) focuses on developing the ability to certify a responsive stockpile, including the ability to certify non-legacy systems, as well as supporting the qualification of new technologies for planned LEPs and new designs.
C1 Primary Assessment Technologies
- Kathy Prestridge, program manager
- The Primary Assessment Technologies (PAT) program develops and validates science-based models to better predict the performance of nuclear weapon primaries.
Programmatic goals- Develop the knowledge, skills, tools and methods that are needed to better confidently assess the performance of current stockpile primaries.
- Assess the surety, reliability and performance of any new or modified primaries without further nuclear testing.
- Develop science and technology capabilities, and integrate them into primary assessment
C4 Secondary Assessment Technologies
- Sean Finnegan, program manager
- Secondary Assessment Technologies (SAT/C4) is focused on developing an improved understanding and capability to calculate key aspects of secondary performance.
CNI Foreign Nuclear Weapon Assessment
- Jarrett Johnson, program manager
- The Capabilities for Nuclear Intelligence (CNI) program develops expertise and resources that support nuclear intelligence assessments and ensure the resilience of the U.S. nuclear deterrent.