In May, the National Nuclear Security Directorate expects in May that the first samples of the B61-13 heat bomb will be, the head of the Teres Robbins structure said.
“The administration expects the first production unit for B61-13 later this month,” Robbins said in a hearing in the US Congress.
The creation of a “new version of the nuclear bomb for free fall in B-61” was approved at the end of 2023, planned to complete the work in the Spring of 2026. From the B61-13 scheme to equip the modern fighter and the B-21.