Technology & Science

Pentagon Airlifts Unfueled 5-MW ‘Ward’ Microreactor to Utah in First Rapid-Deployment Test

On 15 Feb 2026 a C-17 flew Valar Atomics’ minivan-sized Ward microreactor—without fuel—from March Air Reserve Base, California, to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, marking the U.S. military’s first live demonstration that a nuclear power unit can be shipped by air for instant field use.