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SpaceNukes wins DARPA agreement to ground-test autonomous nuclear reactor controller

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Space Nuclear Power Corporation, also known as SpaceNukes, says DARPA awarded it an Other Transaction Agreement under the Fast Capacitance (Fat Cat) program. The work will support a ground test of an autonomous nuclear reactor controller; the announcement provides no schedule, funding amount or further technical details.

Discovered 2026-10-21T07:49:06.711126-07:00 | 2026-10-21T07:49:06.711126-07:00

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  • The DARPA agreement advances a ground test of an autonomous reactor controller, putting autonomy in a safety-critical nuclear-control application.
  • The announcement does not disclose the award value, test schedule or intended deployment, limiting what can yet be assessed about the program’s scale and path forward.

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