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, […]
