;<curmudgeon hat on> They gave a conference presentation in Feb 2013, and predicted some level of progress by 2017. I'm unsure what inferences to draw from the fact that they are seeking partners: LM is a huge company, and could easily manage to back anything with such unlimited potential. The articles I saw were also quite vague about what the breakthrough actually is. Presumably some definitive experiment has just succeeded, but what is it? It's not beta=1, since the quotes all say "should work" rather than "worked". Given the prior history of this area, they must be pretty confident to be making short term predictions of success. Rich ------ Quoting Ray Tayek <rtayek@ca.rr.com>:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2014/10/15/lockheed-martin-claim...
<http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/compact-fusion.html>Lockheed Martin, the aerospace and defense conglomerate based in Bethesda, Md., is claiming to have made a major breakthrough in <http://www.dvice.com/2013-2-22/lockheeds-skunk-works-promises-fusion-power-four-years>nuclear fusion, which could lead to development of reactors small enough to fit on the back of a truck within a decade. ...
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