Name
Lab to Deployment: Integrating Fusion-Derived Tech into Defence Systems
Date & Time
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speakers
• Gordon Scott, Commercial Director - Ploughshare
• Mark Jones, Business Development – Defence - Fraser Nash Consultancy
• Nick Sharpe, CEO - Modini
• Mark White, Director - UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
• Mark Jones, Business Development – Defence - Fraser Nash Consultancy
• Nick Sharpe, CEO - Modini
• Mark White, Director - UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Description
Moving fusion-derived technologies from the laboratory to deployed defence systems requires more than technical performance: technologies must meet platform requirements, survive qualification, be manufacturable at scale and have a viable procurement pathway.
- Collaboration Roadmaps: identifying near-term applications and defining practical pathways from demonstration through integration to deployment.
- OEM & Supply-Chain Readiness: engaging primes early and developing secure, scalable supply chains capable of supporting deployment.
- Platform Integration: adapting laboratory technologies to meet size, weight, power, reliability and interoperability requirements.
- Testing & Qualification: demonstrating performance and reliability in operationally relevant environments and progressively retiring integration risk.
- Synthesis of opportunities & summary of investment opportunities and pathways.
Moderated by John Kermath, Co-Founder & General Partner - London GreenCity