REBCO
Rare Earth Barium Copper Oxide — a family of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes used in compact, high-field magnets for fusion reactors. REBCO tapes can carry high current densities at 77 K (liquid nitrogen temperature) and maintain superconductivity at fields above 25 Tesla. REBCO magnets enable the compact size of modern fusion devices including the Compact Fusion Reactor concept.
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LANL adiabatic compression of FRCs
Foundational paper on compressive heating of FRC plasmas, later inherited by the CFR program.
MARAUDER program begins — AFRL fires compact toroid plasmoids as weapons
Shiva Star facility. 100 billion g acceleration. Explicitly NOT fusion. Same facility as FRCHX. The critical link.
MARAUDER (August 1993): USAF compact toroid weapon, 100 billion g acceleration, Shiva Star, went dark mid-1990s
USAF Phillips Lab compact toroid weapon. 100 billion g acceleration. 9.5 MJ Shiva Star. 'Not a fusion program' — weapons. Physics identical to FRC. Went dark mid-1990s. Lineage: SHIVA I → MARAUDER → F
U.S. Compact Fusion Aerospace Program Initiated
A highly classified U.S. program begins development of a revolutionary aerospace platform powered by a Compact Fusion Reactor (CFR) based on FRC physics.
Lockheed Skunk Works CFR program begins internally
Tom McGuire and Charles Chase begin CFR development at Skunk Works. FRC-based high-beta concept.
Lockheed Martin CFR Program Commencement
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® officially begins its Compact Fusion Reactor (CFR) program, led by Thomas McGuire.
McGuire files first CFR patent applications
Multiple provisional patents filed. McGuire is sole inventor on all CFR confinement patents.
CFR Soft Disclosure
Charles Chase of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works provides a 'soft disclosure' of the Compact Fusion Reactor program during a 'Solve for X' presentation.