Fusion Start-Up Wins Air Force SBIR Contract to Prototype Lower Cost Nuclear Effects Testing
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fuse -- an innovative company delivering engineering breakthroughs related to fusion power -- today announced that it has been selected for an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force related to nuclear effects testing.
- "Fuse is delivering fusion engineering breakthroughs at lower cost and faster speed than others," said JC Btaiche, Founder and CEO of Fuse.
- We are proud to partner with the Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX to efficiently and cost-effectively offer nuclear effects testing to provide Air Force operators greater tactical flexibility and survivability."
- "Fuse brings much needed nuclear effects testing to an underserved market, particularly given the dramatic growth in the commercial and government space."
- With several advanced pulsed-power prototypes already demonstrated, Fuse will look to prototype additional solutions in the electro-magnetic spectrum for nuclear effects testing and system hardening while lowering costs and providing Air Force operators greater tactical flexibility and survivability.