DARPA
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, funding high-risk defense R&D including advanced propulsion and aerospace concepts.
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- → LANL EconomicalFusionPower 2017 (p. 3) — 2017 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL Hsu Economical Fusion 2017 (p. 3) — 2017 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Timeline Mentions (8)
NRAC BA-4 Study Panel
Dr. James Sheehy serves on a study panel with DARPA leadership and a Lockheed Martin VP regarding advanced component development.
Strategic Pivot to PJMIF and PLX-alpha
Dr. Scott C. Hsu becomes lead PI for the ARPA-E PLX-α project, solidifying a pivot from solid-liner MTF to plasma-jet driven fusion.
Dr. Hsu Leads PLX-alpha
Dr. Scott Hsu becomes the lead PI for the ARPA-E sponsored PLX-alpha project, solidifying the pivot to PJMIF.
Compact Fusion Systems (Santa Fe) founded — FRCHX commercial continuation
CFS-NM commercializes AFRL liner compression. Team has AFRL/NRL SLC experience. ARPA-E funded equipment transfer.
DARPA POSH Program Announced
DARPA announces the Posh Open Source Hardware program to democratize SoC design, assessed as a response to the Freescale incident.
Charles Chase retires from Lockheed Skunk Works
Chase departs as Senior Tech Fellow. Founds UnLAB for quantum vacuum propulsion. CFR cancelled within 2 years.
ARPA-E ALPHA fusion retrospective
ARPA-E retrospective on the ALPHA alternative-fusion program.
Woodruff Scientific ARPA-E Fusion Costing Award
Woodruff Scientific receives ARPA-E funding to develop a Fusion Costing Code, bridging the gap between physics and commercial viability.