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USACE Power Reliability Enhancement Program moved under Huntsville Center; ran 12 Black Start Exercises this year (7 Army, 4 Air Force, 1 Navy), each cutting commercial power for at least 8 hours. Surfaced 2026-10-26 PM.
The Kingdom has spent decades cultivating its reputation as a place where enemies can sit down and talk. Apparently, even that requires an air-defense system.
Contract SP060418F8009 from Defense Logistics Agency to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC for $25,802,400. Description: IGF::OT::IGF ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT. Period starts 2018-08-03.
Dale Marks Oct 22 letter: 'exceptional' interest; acreage range illustrative, smaller compelling offers considered; governors to pitch top sites next spring. Surfaced 2026-10-27 PM (with fact sheet).
Rewrite of Navy/Radiant NWS Crane selection. Duplicate.
Rewrite of Navy/Radiant Crane selection; notes Sept 2028 target. Duplicate.
America is abandoning the rules, and the allies, it once kept safe.
Tracker: no DOE authorization to load fuel/operate yet; Pele system testing targeted 2027.
Next Great American Base competition seeks first new domestic base in 40 years, designed off the commercial grid.
FORTRESS still in cost-assessment stage; funding to be a multiyear ramp-up rather than one lump sum.
Senior defense official: FORTRESS energy pillar is the first priority; installation assessments of ~500 CONUS bases underway to determine cost; could take decades.
Coverage of Navy NWS Crane Radiant microreactor selection.
Navy selected Radiant's 1-MW Kaleidos microreactor for NWS Crane, Indiana, via Janus; Radiant now partnered with Army, Navy and Air Force.
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.