Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord today said the secretive Strategic Capabilities Office is working to prototype a mobile nuclear reactor that could power U.S. military installations in remote locations. Lord, who spoke at a McAleese & Associates conference in Washington, noted that military installations and outposts are typically hooked up to electrical grids or generators. "What if the grid goes down?" she said. "What if your generators don’t have fuel to work after a while?" To that end, she said,...
