Listing of Defense Programs news and press releases

Headshot of Thuc Hoang
There’s no better time than Exascale Week to honor our director of Advanced Simulation and Computing, Thuc Hoang. Her incredible supercomputing expertise and leadership go all the way back to the origins of our stockpile stewardship program.
Photo of Simon Arias
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Our final installment in this series introduces to you Simón Arias, an alumni of the NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program who now supports the High Explosives and Energetics office that is so key to our nuclear deterrent.
Dr. Nina Rodriguez, her husband, and her young son and daughter outside.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! In our latest Women in Defense Programs blog, meet Dr. Nina Rodriguez, a civil engineer who keeps NNSA’s production mission going, and celebrates #HHM by going to speak with and inspire students in local Hispanic communities
Dr. Nelson standing in front of the Office of Defense Programs collage at NNSA headquarters.
In our fifth installment of the Women in Defense Programs series, meet Dr. Sarah Nelson. Within the Office of Research and Development, Dr. Nelson oversees some seriously cutting-edge science and facilities that support our nuclear stockpile.