LM26

Intelligence Summary: LM26

Node Identity: LM26 is a entity categorized under "MCF" in the canada intelligence graph. General Fusion's demonstration machine achieving first plasma in March 2025, validating MTF approach with compact toroid injectors.

Research Evidence: The following findings from 4 research documents reference this entity:

1. • General Fusion (Canada): World leader in magnetized target fusion using compact toroid plasma injectors — "first in the world to design, build, and commission a compact toroid plasma injector at power plant scale." LM26 demonstration machine achieved first plasma (March 2025).
2. The company's scale (150+ employees, $733M funding, LM26 operating) makes this Canada's premier compact toroid program.
3. The 2027-2028 timeline convergence across multiple companies (CFS SPARC 2027, Helion Microsoft contract 2028, General Fusion LM26 2028) appears driven by commercial/venture capital dynamics and the AI energy demand surge, not by coordinated classified program milestones.
4. General Fusion's 2028 target is for LM26 Lawson criterion, a physics milestone, not a commercial delivery Evidence against coincidence: 1.

Strategic Relevance: LM26 is a tracked entity within the canada network. With 2 documented connections to other entities, this node plays a supporting role in the network topology.

Network Linkage: This entity maintains 2 documented connections in the intelligence network: LM26 uses Compact Toroid Injector; General Fusion operates LM26.

Source Documents: Evidence compiled from: FINDINGS_FROM_research-prompts-round110.md, FINDINGS_FROM_research-prompts-round78.md, deep6_eos_atomics_nbi.md, stream5_commercial_frc_crossover.md.