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Oct 16 first Janus site visit at Fort Benning with Radiant; preferred reactor site identified, final approval pending environmental/cultural surveys. Surfaced as catch-up 2026-10-26.
Small rooftop solar arrays via IGSA with Center Line ($347K Bldg 229; Bldgs 203/231 next); no islanding. Background only.
Routine Fort Knox 15-minute generator-switch test Oct 13. Older; logged silently.
Fort Benning to host three 1-MW Radiant microreactors (3 MW total) under Janus.
Janus selects 5 vendors/sites (Antares-Bragg, BWXT-Campbell, GA-Hood, Radiant-Benning, Westinghouse-Drum), up to $2.2B FY27-31, 20+ reactors expected, first by Sept 2028.
$1.4M Fort McCoy Main Gate microgrid with battery (Xcel partnership) opened May 19; 14 days island mode.
Janus next steps and DIU commercial solicitation.
Army launches Janus commercial microreactor program with DIU.
Fort Hunter Liggett all-renewable microgrid commissioned.
No-notice eight-hour blackout at Fort McCoy.
6 MW / 6 MWh battery at Fort Detrick, step toward a microgrid.
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center has faculty and staff from 93 different countries, a wide mix that brings with it a variety of cu...
Army confirms West Fort Cavazos microgrid completion.
Fort Benning (then Moore) tested with transmission feed shut down.
Ever since its activation at Fort Monroe, Virginia in 1973, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command has served the Army, the defense community, and...
Army expands microgrid and storage investments.
Knox restored its whole grid in seven minutes and ran independently eight hours.
Official Army Climate Strategy release with microgrid-per-installation goal.
Army explains microgrid program feeding the 14-day requirement.
1.1 MW floating solar + 2 MWh battery at Fort Bragg's Camp Mackall for outage backup.
First Army installation-wide black start: Knox ran on its own power for a full workday.
Fort Hood kept running through Winter Storm Uri; later faced ~$30M power bill.
Army explains 14-day benchmark and black-start testing at posts.
Foundational: Army installations must sustain critical missions >=14 days of energy/water; Installation Energy and Water Plans.
Army Directive 2017-07 set a 14-day minimum to sustain critical missions through utility outages.