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The Air Force said Anduril and General Atomics were ahead of the program’s schedule, which required the companies to conduct a test flight of their aircraft by the end of the year.

“Both Anduril and General Atomics are in the very early developmental stages of what promises great opportunity, but there’s a long way to go to realize that opportunity,” said David Deptula, a retired Air Force lieutenant general who is now dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, an aerospace think tank.

For example, in Austin, Texas, I visited the team at Aalo Atomics, a startup aiming to mass-produce SMRs in a factory setting.

If Aalo Atomics pulls this off, it could fundamentally reshape how the world builds nuclear power.

My favorite private nuclear companies are Aalo and Valar Atomics in El Segundo, Calif. If Valar executes, it’ll make nuclear cheap.