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In July 2023, Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract of approximately $499 million to build the ARIES experimental flight vehicle equipped with a nuclear thermal rocket engine, with the nuclear fission reactor designed and manufactured by BWX Technologies using HALEU fuel.

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8/30/2026

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