Who Builds Lunar Fission Reactor Infrastructure?
They Build the Reactor. We Build Everything Around It.
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy signed an MOU in January 2026 to put a fission reactor on the Moon by 2030.
Three companies have Phase 1 contracts for the reactor core:
Lockheed Martin.
Westinghouse Electric Company.
L3Harris Technologies.
They're building the power source.
The compact fission systems that will generate kilowatts on the lunar surface for the first time.
Three companies have Phase 1 contracts for the reactor core:
Lockheed Martin.
Westinghouse Electric Company.
L3Harris Technologies.
They're building the power source.
The compact fission systems that will generate kilowatts on the lunar surface for the first time.
A Reactor Needs More Than a Core
But a reactor core doesn't operate in open vacuum.
It needs shielding.
Containment.
Structural housing.
Thermal management.
Foundations.
All of that infrastructure mass currently has to be shipped from Earth at $1M+ per kilogram.
That's billions in launch costs per reactor before you generate a single watt.
It needs shielding.
Containment.
Structural housing.
Thermal management.
Foundations.
All of that infrastructure mass currently has to be shipped from Earth at $1M+ per kilogram.
That's billions in launch costs per reactor before you generate a single watt.
The Missing Layer
None of the three prime contractors are building the systems to manufacture that infrastructure on the lunar surface.
That's not a criticism.
It's not their lane.
Their lane is the core.
Our lane is everything around it.
That's not a criticism.
It's not their lane.
Their lane is the core.
Our lane is everything around it.
Completing the Architecture
Lunar Forge is building autonomous laser sintering systems that manufacture the surrounding infrastructure directly from lunar regolith.
We don't compete with the primes.
We complete their architecture.
They build the engine.
We build the house it lives in.
We don't compete with the primes.
We complete their architecture.
They build the engine.
We build the house it lives in.
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