Lockheed Martin Oct. 15 said its "Skunk Works" team had made a technological breakthrough that would allow for a nuclear fusion reactor small enough to fit on the back of a truck.
Skunk Works is seeking partners in universities, industry and government labs to assist in development of the reactor.
The team intends to build and test the compact fusion reactor in a year, with a prototype in five years, and a production in 10 years.
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) said Feb. 12 that they produced a fusion reaction for a split second with more energy than they put in.
"Really for the first time anywhere, we've gotten more energy out of this fuel than was put into the fuel.
And that's quite unique.
And that's kind of a major turning point, in a lot of our minds
… I think a lot of people are jazzed."
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