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Pentagon offers battery startup 6K $250M loan to build U.S. factory
The Pentagon has conditionally approved a $250 million loan to help 6K scale up its microwave-plasma battery material manufacturing process.
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8:50 AM PST · November 6, 2026
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Batteries are everywhere, even on the battlefield, which helps explain the Pentagon’s recent interest in building more domestic manufacturing capacity.
The 12-year-old, North Andover, Mass.-based startup 6K announced Thursday that it won conditional approval for a $250 million loan from the Department of Defense…
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