[freebeard]

He got Episode 2697 into the title again. But he's still jonesing over drone warfare. It might be a negotiating point when you've run out of cannon fodder, but robot dogs are no counter to hypersonic kinetic impactors.

He read the story about BWXT, but didn't do a search on the business name.

BWX Technologies, Inc.
BWXT to Build First Advanced Microreactor in United States
(LYNCHBURG, Va. - June 9, 2022) - BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) will build the first advanced nuclear microreactor in the United States under a contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO). The Project Pele full-scale transportable microreactor prototype will be completed and delivered in 2024 for testing at the Idaho National Laboratory.
BWXT to Provide Nuclear Reactor Engine and Fuel for DARPA Space Project
Working as part of a team led by Lockheed Martin, BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC will complete final design of the nuclear reactor, manufacture the reactor's hardware and fuel, assemble the components and deliver the fueled reactor as a complete subsystem for integration into the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA ...

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URL="https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BWX_Technologies"]BWX Technologies - Wikipedia[/URL]
BWXT mPower, Inc. was formed in 2012 to design, develop, license, and deploy the B&W mPower reactor, a small modular nuclear reactor. The BWXT mPower reactor - no longer in development as of 2017 [6] - was a scalable, modular reactor with the capacity to provide output in increments of 180 MWe for a four-year operating cycle without ...

BWX Technologies, Inc.
https://www.bwxt.com › news › 2023 › 07 › 26 › BWXT-to-Provide-Nuclear-Reactor-Engine-and-Fuel-for-DARPA-Space-Project
Jul 26, 2023 Working as part of a team led by Lockheed Martin, BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC will complete final design of the nuclear reactor, manufacture the reactor's hardware and fuel, assemble the components and deliver the fueled reactor as a complete subsystem for integration into ...

Were one to dig deeper:
www.bwxt.com/news/2023/07/26/BWXT-to-Provide-Nuclear-Reactor-Engine-and-Fuel-for-DARPA-Space-Project

“These more powerful and efficient nuclear thermal propulsion systems can provide faster transit times between destinations. Reducing transit time is vital for human missions to Mars to limit a crew’s exposure to radiation,” said Kirk Shireman, vice president of Lunar Exploration Campaigns at Lockheed Martin Space. “This is a prime technology that can be used to transport humans and materials to the Moon. A safe, reusable nuclear tug spacecraft would revolutionize cislunar operations.”

Work on this program will be conducted primarily at BWXT’s Mt. Athos Road complex near Lynchburg, Virginia.

Awesomesauce.