Helicity Space, for example, has secured an investment from Lockheed Martin to develop its own fusion engine, while NASA and General Atomics are advancing fission-based reactors for potential ...

British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled Sunbird, a space rocket concept designed to meet spacecraft in orbit, attach to them, and carry them to their destination at breakneck speed using nuclear ...

San Diego-based General Atomics and NASA are working on another type of nuclear reactor – based on fission rather than fusion – which they plan to test in space in 2027. It is also meant as a ...

Simulations have revealed new breakthroughs in temperature management for the "super-high-field advanced reactor concept" ...

This is a significant development for future fusion reactors. “The team has to ... the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), General Atomics, and Commonwealth Fusion Systems, utilized ...

The latest deal establishes the University of Illinois as a partner in the licensing, siting, public engagement and research operations of the KRONOS MMR (micro modular ...

Like Pulsar Fusion, companies like Helicity Space and General Atomics, which are backed by Lockheed Martin and NASA are also working on nuclear fusion reactors, which they plan to test sometime in ...

Pacific Fusion’s pulser design effort was supported by engineers from General Atomics, a global leader in fabricating cutting-edge fusion ignition targets. The goal is to achieve net facility ...