The US Army selected five firms to build contractor-owned microreactors on major installations to provide resilient baseload power independent of vulnerable civilian grids. This is a logistics/energy-resilience innovation aimed at sustaining power projection and supporting high-demand systems (EW, counter-drone, directed energy) during grid disruption or fuel supply constraints.
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US Army Janus program to deploy on-base nuclear microreactors
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- Defense News · https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/26/us-army-taps-5-firms-to-build-on-base-microreactors-in-nuclear-energy-push/US Army taps 5 firms to build on-base microreactors in nuclear energy push