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The USA's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has finalised an agreement with Lockheed Martin to begin work on the fabrication and design of an experimental nuclear thermal rocket and its engine. BWX Technologies, one of Lockheed Martin's partners in the effort, will develop the nuclear reactor and fabricate the HALEU fuel.
Lockheed is designing a spacecraft that can carry an experimental nuclear reactor engine and fuel developed by Virginia-based BWXT.
"NASA is looking to go to Mars with this system."
Lockheed Martin, a prominent US defense contractor, has been awarded a significant contract worth $500 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to spearhead the development of a...
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