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NANO Nuclear Expands Air Force Footprint With Second AFWERX Award

NANO Nuclear Energy has been selected for a new AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research Phase I award, giving the company another opportunity to advance its KRONOS MMR Energy System with the Department of the Air Force.

The new Phase I award is framed as a broad research and development agreement. NANO said the contract is focused on using KRONOS to “address the most pressing challenges in the DAF [Department of the Air Force].”

The distinction between this award and NANO’s previous Air Force contract is worth noting. 

Last year’s roughly $1.25 million Direct-to-Phase II award was tied to a specific objective: studying the feasibility of deploying a KRONOS MMR at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, DC. That work examines the base’s energy requirements, grid vulnerabilities, siting options, environmental considerations and regulatory pathways.

Rather than evaluating a reactor for one predetermined location, the new engagement could give NANO a wider platform to demonstrate how KRONOS might support energy resilience across additional Air Force installations and potentially other defense applications. It arrives as the military is moving ahead with microreactor projects at several bases, reflecting growing concern over fragile commercial grids and the need for dependable, on-site power.

Of course, an early-stage government award should not be confused with a reactor purchase order. There is still plenty of engineering, licensing and bureaucracy standing between an SBIR contract and an operating nuclear plant.

Still, NANO now has multiple active Air Force engagements instead of a single feasibility study. The earlier Phase II contract gave the company a concrete deployment target, while this broader Phase I award could give it something potentially more valuable over the long run.

Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2026 - 11:45

In BBC's new "Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret" documentary, out Wednesday, multiple alleged victims came forward.

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Ukraine's FM Claims Attack On Iranian Ship In Caspian Sea Was 'Unintentional'

The week started with a bizarre incident in the Caspian Sea involving an Iranian commercial vessel and the Iranian military, an episode which threatened to expand the war by merging two conflict theatres.

Iran had accused Ukraine of attacking an Iranian commercial vessel by long-range drone in the Caspian Sea on Saturday, which resulted in an explosion that killed one sailor and injured another.

Soon after, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran to severely protest the "hostile and criminal" attack, IRNA reported.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that the "blatant UN Charter violation" which was "done at Israel's behest" could serve to "drag Europe into its war." Araghchi also denounced and attacked Zelensky personally, calling him the "freeloader in Kyiv".

But on Tuesday, there was a rapid walk-back and climb-down of sorts regarding the whole murky incident.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi newly stated that Ukraine's foreign minister assured him that the Ukrainian drone attack on the Iranian commercial vessel was "unintentional".

via Mappr

"Was assured by Ukrainian FM [Andrii Sybiha] that the attack on an Iranian ship was unintentional and Ukraine seeks no escalation," Araghchi wrote on X. "Iran does not seek escalation either, but made clear any attack on our citizens or interests is unacceptable. There must be restitution for losses."

Ukraine's top diplomat Andrii Sybiha‎ in turn didn't exactly deny it was an intentional attack; however, he did acknowledge that a civilian vessel was struck, and not a military one.

"I reiterated that all of Ukraine’s actions are aimed solely at defending our country from Russian aggression and never intended to target civilian vessels or people," Sybiha said after a call with Araghchi.

"This is also true with regard to Iran’s statements about their national who died and a civilian vessel that was targeted in a recent incident. Our goal is to counter Russian aggression, which is the root cause of all incidents, and it is Russia who bears full responsibility for all provocations and casualties," he added.

So it seems the two sides have agreed to downplay the attack incident and just move on. And yet what makes this bizarre and unexpected is that Ukraine seemed to initially be openly boasting of the escalation.

President Zelensky himself announced soon after on X, "We also have very good results from long-range strikes in the waters of the Caspian Sea. In particular, these are vessels that were involved in transporting military cargo from Iran, and a warship."

It is also perplexing how a long-range drone attack on a maritime vessel, presumably hundreds of miles away and which would require very precision targeting, could result in a direct hit and yet be 'unintentional'.

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The Chargers quarterback popped the question with a solitaire diamond ring that is a total touchdown.

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In “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret," the actor was accused of sexual misconduct by four women, who alleged they were teens at the time.

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