Name
Fusion’s Role in Space, Defense, & Industry: Building Bankable Platforms
Date & Time
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Speakers
Description
- Compact fusion systems designed for defense, aerospace, and extreme-environment testing may offer a pragmatic pathway to early revenue, operational validation, and capital efficiency ahead of grid-scale deployment.
- How can defense and aerospace deployments move physics progress into contracted revenue?
- How can this deployment reframe technical risk, scale-up challenges, and integration requirements?
- Which proof-points matter most to defense procurement and investors?
- Do defense and extreme-environment use cases accelerate or complicate pathways to utility and hyperscaler offtake?
- How should fusion companies sequence non-grid deployments to preserve strategic optionality while aligning VC, hyperscaler, and PE return profiles?