WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Defense to “immediately” resume nuclear weapons testing, a move that could generate billions of dollars in contracts for companies involved in the nation’s nuclear infrastructure, according to a Reuters report.
The announcement, made Wednesday night while Trump was in South Korea, marks the first U.S. order to test nuclear weapons since 1992. It remains unclear which part of the nuclear arsenal—land-based missiles, submarines, or aircraft—will be tested.
Analysts say major defense contractors including Honeywell International, BWX Technologies, Chugach Alaska Corp, Jacobs Solutions, Mele Associates, and General Atomics Technologies could benefit from new contracts for test site operations, construction, and engineering support. “Restarting nuclear weapons testing is going to reverberate in a lot of ways, including by sending a shockwave of government funding,” said Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini, a defense analytics firm.
The renewed testing initiative coincides with the Pentagon’s broader modernization of its intercontinental ballistic missile system. Northrop Grumman leads the Sentinel program—replacing the 1970-era Minuteman III—with support from Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Bechtel, Honeywell, and others.
The modernization plan calls for 634 new Sentinel missiles, plus 25 additional units for testing, representing one of the largest defense updates in decades.
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