Realta Fusion and Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) have entered a bilateral strategic partnership designed to acclerate the global commercialization of fusion energy, the company announced recently.

“Most visibly, this partnership allows Realta to access some of the best fusion engineering expertise in the world at KF and tap directly into the depth of the Japanese supply chain, but it goes much deeper than that,” Realta Fusion CEO and Co-Founder said in a statement. “We’re building a bridge between the fusion industrial ecosystems of two of the world’s largest economies to get each of us to commercial fusion faster than we ever could on our own.”

According to a release, KF will use its expertise in the design, engineering and fabrication of plasma heating systems optimized for use in Realta’s magnetic mirror fusion machines. The two companies will also explore the design and deployment of mirror-based neutron sources that can be used to qualify materials and decisively de-risk the development of tritium blanket breeding and fuel cycle systems.

The tech company has purchased gyrotrons, high-powered microwaves that help heat fusion plasmas to many times the temperature of the sun, from KF.

The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.