BWXT Opens Welding Program at Mount Vernon High School
(MOUNT VERNON, Ind. – Oct. 24, 2024) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced the opening of the John D. Haynes School of Welding Technology at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Indiana. The company, along with the U.S. Navy and the BlueForge Alliance, have invested $500,000 into the new school to help […]
UK Space Agency Awards Space Reactor Development Project to BWXT and Rolls-Royce
Award Is Part of Larger Teaming Agreement Between BWXT and Rolls-Royce for Future Collaboration (LYNCHBURG, Va. – April 8, 2024) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that it and Rolls-Royce have secured funding for Phase 2 of the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund (IBF). The funding enables strategic research collaborations within the […]
BWXT Selected as Nuclear Fuel and Component Manufacturer for Air Force Research Laboratory’s JETSON Program
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – November 8, 2023) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced that it has been selected as the nuclear fuel and components manufacturer for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear (JETSON) high power mission application program, which will mature high-power nuclear electric power and propulsion technologies and […]
BWXT to Provide Nuclear Reactor Engine and Fuel for DARPA Space Project
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – July 26, 2023) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced that its reactor and fuel will be key components in the world’s first demonstration spacecraft using nuclear thermal propulsion. Working as part of a team led by Lockheed Martin, BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC will complete final design of the nuclear reactor, […]
BWXT to Build First Advanced Microreactor in United States
U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Capabilities Office Selects BWXT to Manufacture and Deliver Project Pele Prototype Reactor to Idaho National Laboratory in 2024 (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 […]
BWXT Awarded $1 Billion in Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Options
(LYNCHBURG, Va. – Feb. 23, 2022) – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has exercised contract options totaling approximately $1 billion for manufacturing naval nuclear reactor components and fuel. “BWXT is gratified to continue to support the U.S. Navy as the sole manufacturer of naval nuclear reactors […]
