Catalysing dual-use commercialisation

Old College, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Thursday, September 17, 2026

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In partnership with

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Fusion, Innovation & Defence Applications

Developments in high-energy systems, pulsed power, advanced materials, superconducting magnets, and precision sensing are directly relevant to next-generation weapons systems. Beyond weapons, fusion-derived technologies have clear implications for military logistics and operational resilience.

FusionX:Defence will be a focused day built around an exploration of opportunities across these domains. It will explore how fusion-adjacent technologies are and could transition into defence-relevant applications.

It will connect fusion-related opportunities with investors, funders, defence stakeholders, primes, and strategic partners through curated interactions designed to catalyse dual-use commercialisation, and integration into real-world systems.

Engage with the fusion and defence ecosystem

Confirmed participants include senior representatives from: Archangel Partners, Avalanche, Babcock, Bessemer Venture Partners, Computation Ventures, DiPOLE Systems, DSTL, First Light Fusion, Focused Energy, Frazer Nash, Fuse, Future Planet Capital, Lockheed Martin, Marvel Fusion, NAD StratProgs – Complex Weapons, NATO Innovation Fund, Oxford Sigma, Palantir, Pacific Fusion, Ploughshare, RAICo, SourceLight, Thorium Partners, UK Defence Innovation, UK MOD, UK Science and Innovation Fund, UKAEA, Vsquared Ventures...

Who will be there

Innovators

Founders, precision manufacturers, and systems integrators driving fusion and fusion-catalysed technologies across defence and adjacent sectors.

Investors

Defence-tech, dual-use, deep-tech, and strategics evaluating opportunities fusion is catalysing across multiple operational and commercial domains.

Partners

Defence primes, end-users, government innovation leaders seeking to understand and integrate next-generation, fusion-catalysed capabilities.

Partner

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Sponsors

Zenithon AI
First Light Fusion
Liberty Fusion
DiPOLE Systems Ltd
Cambridge Multiphysics

Speakers

Nick Sharpe
Nick Sharpe
Modini
CEO
Richard Hoad
Richard Hoad
QinetiQ
Chief Engineer & Capability Area Leader – Directed Energy Weapons
Richard Pearson
Richard Pearson
StandardX
Co-founder & CEO
Ryan Ramsey
Ryan Ramsey
UK Fusion Energy
Director of Organisational Performance
Stuart Allen
Stuart Allen
FusionX
CEO
Stuart Cutting
Stuart Cutting
Lockheed Martin
Business Development Manager
Thomas Davis
Thomas Davis
Oxford Sigma
CEO
Thomas Storey
Thomas Storey
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Senior Associate
Tim Dodwell
Professor Tim Dodwell
digiLab Solutions Ltd
CEO
Tom Butcher
Tom Butcher
DiPOLE Systems
Co-founder & CEO
Valerie Jamieson
Valerie Jamieson
The Fusion Cluster
Development Manager

Connect with the entire fusion ecosystem

"... a spectacular event. I was really impressed by the turnout of leading strategic and industrial corporations from the region"

Brian Berzin, CEO, Thea Energy