Dark Fission Space Systems, INC.
At a glance
EmployeesNot reported
In business sinceNot reported
HeadquartersLeesburg, VA
SAM.gov UEIZD7VAGK9UBE7
Dark Fission manufactures the DARKFORCE nuclear thermal rocket engine, which uses a radial-inflow particle bed reactor architecture and expels heated hydrogen as propellant. The company serves space missions requiring cislunar logistics and rapid solar system access. The development is funded by the U.S. Space Force under a SpaceWERX Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR award.
Summarized from the company’s own website
Their plant
| Facility | City | State | Employees | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Fission Space Systems, INC. | Leesburg | VA | — | ACTIVE |
Compiled from federal records — EPA, OSHA, SAM.gov and the U.S. Census — and from the company’s own website. Federal source data is public domain. Each plant’s page names the source of every field.


