Pantex Case Study Pantex Uses Data Virtualization to Share Sensitive Information across Facilities, to Maintain the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
Pantex Case Study Pantex Uses Data Virtualization to Share Sensitive Information across Facilities, to Maintain the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
2 PagesPantex Case Study Faced with rising costs and increasing security risks, the NNSA established the Product Realization Integrated Digital Enterprise (PRIDE) program to securely deliver weapon product lifecycle information to engineers, scientists, and other users across different sites in North America. Sponsored by the NNSA, and with funding of about $30 million a year, the PRIDE program is a multi-year initiative to develop and manage a portfolio of applications. Nuclear weapon lifecycle management takes places across a number of specialized and security- clearance-driven facilities including Pantex (TX), Kansas City Plant (MO), Sandia Labs (CA), and Y-12 (TN). Business Need The challenges that led to the PRIDE program include: ¦ Impeded data sharing within and across facilities
