BWX Technologies, Rolls-Royce awarded space reactor development project

BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced that it and Rolls-Royce (RYCEY) have secured funding for Phase 2 of the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund. The funding enables strategic research collaborations within the UK space sector and emerging space nations to work together on fission nuclear systems for space power missions. The new $1.5M award from the fund supports collaboration between Rolls-Royce and BWXT Advanced Technologies to advance the technologies that benefit both the UK and U.S. space nuclear development programs.