LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — October 21, 2026 — Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) announced today that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under the Fast Capacitance (Fat Cat) program. Managed by Dr. Tabitha Dodson in DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office, the Fat Cat program seeks to advance autonomous reactor operation for national security missions. The contract supports development and ground testing of advanced reactor control technologies that extend the demonstrated capability of American nuclear power.
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