Rolls-Royce secures £1.2m additional funding to advance nuclear-powered projects
Rolls-Royce has secured additional funding from the UK Space Agency to advance nuclear-powered projects within the space industry.
Some £1.2m has been allocated to Rolls-Royce Submarines and BWX Technologies, a US-based nuclear supplier to utilise fission nuclear systems for space exploration missions.
This financial injection is part of a broader £13m government initiative aimed at supporting 11 international space projects.
Among the recipients are Vertical Future, which is working on a "robotic space arm" facility for cu... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...