Tennessee, U.S.
Uranium Processing Facility
Bechtel is constructing a new facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex to ensure the long-term viability, safety, and security of enriched uranium capabilities in the U.S. The modernization will fortify the country's nuclear defense, reduce global threats from weapons of mass destruction, improve worker safety, reduce energy consumption, and significantly lower operating and maintenance costs.
Devonport, U.K.
Devonport
As part of an ongoing infrastructure investment program at Babcock International’s Devonport facility, Bechtel is acting as delivery partner to Devonport Royal Dockyard Limited as it upgrades dock infrastructure. Babcock’s Devonport facility is co-located with HM Naval Base Devonport and forms the largest naval support site in Western Europe.
Florida, U.S.
Mobile Launcher 2
NASA is committed to landing the first woman and the first person of color on the moon by 2026, and Bechtel is partnering in this mission by constructing Mobile Launcher 2 (ML2). ML2 will be used to safely assemble and process NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) 1B Rocket and Orion Spacecraft, support the launch vehicle during transport, and support launches to the moon and eventually Mars.
Tennessee, Maryland, and California, U.S.
Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Bechtel is delivering a hypersonic test facility at the U.S. Air Force’s AEDC. AEDC is the most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world, performing work for the U.S. Department of Defense, Army, Navy, and Air Force, NASA, both domestic and foreign private industry, allied foreign governments, and educational institutions.
Colorado and Kentucky, U.S.
Blue Grass & Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Plants
A Bechtel-led team safely destroyed the U.S.’s chemical weapons stockpile at these Bechtel-built-and-operated facilities, which held over 3,000 tons of chemical agents in artillery projectiles, mortar rounds, and M55 rockets. Both facilities began final campaigns in 2022 to support national commitments under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention to meet the September 2023 completion deadline.
U.S.
Sentinel (Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, GBSD)
Bechtel is supporting the U.S. Air Force’s mission to modernize the country’s aging intercontinental ballistic missile systems by designing and constructing the launch infrastructure for the U.S.’s GBSD.
California, U.S.
Lawrence Livermore U.S. National Laboratory
Since 2007, Bechtel has managed the Lawrence Livermore U.S. National Laboratory (LLNL). In 2022, LLNL scientists achieved a breakthrough in fusion research and contributed to NASA’s successful Double Asteroid Redirection Test for planetary defense. The team also completed the Exascale Computing Facility, enabling it to power the National Nuclear Security Administration’s first Exascale system.
Texas, U.S.
Pantex Plant
Consolidated Nuclear Security, a Bechtel-led partnership, operates the Department of Energy’s Pantex Plant, supporting the safety, security, and effectiveness of U.S. nuclear defense capabilities. For decades, Pantex has provided technology for the manufacturing, evaluation, and testing of nuclear explosives, joint test beds, and other special nuclear materials.
