DIU releases CSO for Army 'Janus' initiative

By Theresa Maher / November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Defense Innovation Unit today issued the anticipated call to industry for the Army's Janus program aimed at developing commercially owned and operated nuclear microreactors for the military. The commercial solutions opening comes just over a month after the Army launched the initiative and tasked DIU with building commercial microreactors using a “nimble, milestone-based contracting model.” The ultimate goal for the Janus program is to develop “a suite of prototype solutions” for Microreactor Power Plants capable of supplying reliable and...

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