Rolls-Royce today announced it has secured funding from Phase 2 of the UK Space Agency s International Bilateral Fund .
The funding enables strategic research partnerships within the UK space sector.
Two projects featuring nuclear energy are among 11 international space projects selected to receive funding from the UK Space Agency. Rolls-Royce's collaboration with BWXT receives GBP1.18 million (USD1.5 million) to further its work on fission nuclear systems for space power missions, while an international project led by the University of Leicester receives GBP800,000.
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