Army and Department of Defense Announces $2.2bn Contracts in Five Vendors for Nuclear Power

Published Aug 27, 2026, 12:02 PM EDT

The Army has selected five nuclear energy vendors in five military locations.

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Published Aug 27, 2026, 12:02 PM EDT

The Army and the Department of Defense (DOD) have announced $2.2 billion in contracts for the construction of five nuclear energy vendors. Recipients of the combined $2.2 billion will construct and operate nuclear microreactors, which are reactors sized for specific needs rather than grid-scale power, to prove nuclear power in five locations for the army. President Donald Trump, in an executive order, set September 2028 as a deadline for the first operational reactor at a military installation. The contracts come as part of the Army's Janus Program, which aims to deploy advanced nuclear microreactors for installation energy resilience.