Insights

Technical write-ups, field notes, and news.

Field note

ISLC 2026: where the PCSEL actually stands

Frontier, boundary, route, market — a device class moving from “will the physics work” into supply-chain execution.

22 Jun 2026 Read the field note → Insight

When defense and fusion stop being two conversations

SPIE Defense+Security 2026: two markets converging on one high-power light source.

5 May 2026 Read the field note → Field note

What ARPA-E Summit 2026 sharpened

Notes from the floor, and the thesis they refined.

11 Apr 2026 Read the field note → Insight

Where defense tech is really headed

What TechNatSec 2026 said about the real direction of the field.

6 Apr 2026 Read the field note → Technical

15 engineering gaps between ignition and a plant

How far fusion still is: the gaps between a shot that ignites and a plant that runs.

2 Apr 2026 Read the field note → Field note

Why the fusion race is a supply-chain race

Three observations from the FIA Annual Policy Conference 2026.

21 Mar 2026 Read the field note →