A LinkedIn post from Avalanche Energy highlights commentary from Materials Science Team Lead Daniel Velazquez on a $5.2 million award under DARPA’s Rads to Watts program. The post points to new content on the company’s Missions pages and frames the program as focused on compact, long-lived nuclear power systems for defense and space use cases.
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According to the post, Avalanche is working on a compact alpha-voltaic nuclear battery, which is presented as technologically aligned with its broader goal of commercializing practical, portable fusion power. For investors, participation in a flagship DARPA initiative may signal technical validation, non-dilutive funding support, and potential positioning for future defense and space-related power applications, though timelines and commercialization pathways remain unspecified.