the lockheed announcement didn’t happen in a vacuum. Last week the university of washington announced a fusion reactor program
http://www.washington.edu/news/2014/10/08/uw-fusion-reactor-concept-could-be-cheaper-than-coal/
if you do a google search under “fusion reactor” you’ll find that there are about 7-8 US fusion start ups.
I saw the UW news; UW is my PhD alma mater.
The point made is there is a political entity behind all of these announcements. It’s not random.