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BWX Technologies, trading as BWXT, develops nuclear thermal propulsion systems and manufactures reactors for NASA deep-space missions, drawing on decades of naval nuclear engineering experience.
BWXTACTIVEBWX Technologies designs and manufactures naval nuclear reactors, components and nuclear fuel for the U.S. Navy through the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, its main line of business, and supplies commercial nuclear components and fuel. Space nuclear power and propulsion, including nuclear thermal propulsion and space reactors, is a development line.
BWX Technologies (BWXT) is the sole manufacturer of nuclear fuel and reactor components for the U.S. Navy's nuclear fleet and is leveraging that expertise for space nuclear applications. The company is the prime contractor for NASA's DRACO nuclear thermal propulsion program in partnership with DARPA, developing a nuclear thermal rocket engine designed to dramatically reduce transit times for Mars missions. BWXT also produces radioisotope power systems, microreactors for lunar surface power, and nuclear fuel for space reactor applications. The company's heritage traces back to Babcock & Wilcox, with over 60 years of nuclear technology leadership.
Not ranked: No measurable space activity in our data (space-coded federal awards or subcontracts, space revenue in the company’s SEC annual report, an orbital launch, or a space-segment profile: for a defense company or a diversified aerospace group, a subsector naming space work, and for a diversified group a space line cited at $100M or more): scored, but not ranked as a space company.
5 of 6 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 77% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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1720 Mt. Athos Road, Lynchburg, Virginia 24504
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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No private round on record before Aug 2010. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Nuclear reactor and HALEU fuel for the DARPA/NASA DRACO nuclear thermal propulsion demonstration (Lockheed Martin-led spacecraft). DARPA cancelled DRACO in 2025.
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Estimated: around Mon, Nov 2, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending September 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: it reported the same period a year earlier on Mon, Nov 3, 2025. The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Mon, Aug 3, 2026, after the market closed · period ending June 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Results filing (SEC) (opens in a new tab) · Press release (opens in a new tab)
Amendment: Quarterly report (10-Q/A)
Amendment: Quarterly report (10-Q/A) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly or annual results
8-K items: 2.02 Quarterly or annual results · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Press release (EX-99.1) (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Shareholder vote results
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly or annual results
8-K items: 2.02 Quarterly or annual results · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Press release (EX-99.1) (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Compiled Oct 20, 2026 from 2 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
SEC filings, last 12 months
109 filings
Including 5 periodic reports and 9 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Sep 8, 2026
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 20). BWX Technologies: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/bwx-technologies
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "BWX Technologies: Company dossier." Data as of October 20, 2026. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/bwx-technologies.
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