Lockheed Martin and partner BWX Technologies were on contract to develop a nuclear thermal rocket through the DARPA-NASA DRACO program.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
NASA’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget would cancel technology development related to nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion, to include the effort co-led by DARPA under the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. Agency documents released May 30 show NASA plans to...
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