Program · United States · Defense Innovation Unit

Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations

DIU program with the Army and Department of the Air Force to design, license, build and operate commercial microreactors on military installations; eight companies named eligible for OT awards in April 2025, and in April 2026 the Air Force paired Radiant, Westinghouse and Antares with Buckley SFB, Malmstrom AFB and JB San Antonio.

DevelopmentDefense Innovation UnitANPI

Awarded

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Across linked awards

Started

2025

Apr 10, 2025

Participants8

Prime

AntaresConfirmed
RadiantConfirmed
Westinghouse Government ServicesConfirmed
X-energyConfirmed

Competing bidder

BWXT Advanced TechnologiesConfirmed
General Atomics Electromagnetic SystemsConfirmed
Kairos PowerConfirmed
OkloConfirmed

Roles as recorded: a prime holds the contract, teammates and subcontractors build under it, competing bidders bid against it, operators field the result.

Systems1

XENITH

X-energy

X-energy's high-temperature gas-cooled microreactor, first developed for DoD's Project Pele and continued under DIU's Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations program.

Development

Systems fielded, competing or used under this program.