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Solestial awarded $1.2M by SpaceWERX to develop smallsat multiorbital solar array wing

July 16, 2025

Solestial, Inc. (“Solestial”), the solar energy company for space, today announced that it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II contract in the amount of $1.2 million dollars […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Department of the Air Force, Military, Radiation-Hardened, SBIR, Silicon Solar Cells, Smallsat Solar Array, smallsats, Solar Arrays, Solestial, Inc., SpaceWERX, STTR Phase II

Flight Works selected for AFWERX Direct-to-Phase 2 SBIR focused on modular propulsion with integrated refueling with metering

April 8, 2025

Flight Works announced has been selected by AFWERX for a Direct-to-Phase 2 (D2P2) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract that will support rapid response and sustainable space operations capabilities for […]

Filed Under: AFWERX, Department of the Air Force, FlightWorks, Military, SBIR

Umbra selected by SpaceWERX as participant in STRATFI program to develop next generation spacecraft

April 8, 2025

Umbra has been selected for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) opportunity by SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force—STRATFI is designed to accelerate the transition of […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of the Air Force, Military, Military Contracts, News, SmallSat, Smallsat Contract, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Modeling, SmallSat Technologies, smallsats, SpaceWERX, STRATFI (Strategic Funding Increase), STRATFI Contract, Umbra

Mobius Logic, Inc. wins million$ TACFI Award 

September 9, 2024

Mobius Logic, Inc. has been selected by AFWERX for a Tactical Fund Increase (TACFI) contract in the amount of $3.2 million dollars focused on developing AI and reinforcement learning tools […]

Filed Under: AFRL, AFWERX, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Moves, Contracts, Department of the Air Force, Military, Military Contracts, MobiusLogic, SBIR, STTR Phase II

HawkEye 360 awarded AFWERX SBIR Phase II contract

July 21, 2024

HawkEye 360 has been selected by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase II contract, focused on the delivery of RFGeo® and RFIQ™ data to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of […]

Filed Under: AFWERX, Agencies, Business Moves, Constellation, Contract Extension, Department of the Air Force, Government Agencies, HawkEye 360, LEO, Military, National Defense, Phase II SBIR, SBIR, SBIR Phase II, Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), SmallSat, smallsats

True Anomaly awarded USSF contract to further space domain security in Space Domain

June 4, 2024

True Anomaly, Inc. has been awarded a $1.6 million, Direct-to-Phase II contract by SpaceWERX focused on Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS). Under this contract, the company will be tasked to address […]

Filed Under: Department of the Air Force, GEO, Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle (AOV), Military, News, Payload Integration, Propulsion Systems, Space Systems Command, SpaceWERX, Tactically Responsive Space, True Anomaly, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Force (USSF), United States Space Systems Command, VICTUS HAZE

RapidFlight secures million$$ AFWERX autonomy prime contract

June 4, 2024

RapidFlight has been awarded a contract valued up to $10 million by the United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) AFWERX Autonomy Prime program to develop and produce a […]

Filed Under: AFWERX, AFWERX Autonomy Prime, Autonomous Drones, Department of the Air Force, Military, News, RapidFlight, SPX UAV (RapidFlight), UAS, Unmanned Air System (UAS), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Space Systems Command awards million$$ to Starfish Space Inc.

June 3, 2024

Space Systems Command (SSC) recently awarded Starfish Space a $37.5 million Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract to build, launch, and operate an Otter satellite vehicle for a first-of-its-kind docking mission […]

Filed Under: Assured Access to Space (AATS), Department of the Air Force, Military, Rendezvous, Proximity and Docking (RPOD), Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD), Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, SpaceWERX, Starfish Space, STRATFI (Strategic Funding Increase), U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Systems Command

Solstar Space awarded AFWERX SBIR contract for radiation hardened WiFi for spacecraft research

May 29, 2024

Solstar Space (Solstar) has been selected by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase I contract in the amount of $74,752 to address pressing challenges for the Department of the Air Force […]

Filed Under: AFWERX, AFWERX Prime, Department of the Air Force, In-Space Servicing Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM), IoT Mesh Networks, LEO, Lunar, Military, Radio Frequency (RF), Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD), Satellite Wi-Fi, SmallSat, Smallsat Communications, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, Solstar Space, Space-Grade WiFi, Wi-Fi

Solstar Space awarded million$ USSF contract for Slayton Wideband Space Communicator

May 9, 2024

Contract supports product development for continuous spacecraft communications solution engineered to eliminate communications blackout periods and provide persistent connectivity for space assets Solstar Space (Solstar) has been selected by AFWERX […]

Filed Under: AFWERX, Business Moves, Contracts, Department of the Air Force, LEO, Military, News, SBIR Phase II, Slayton Space Communicator (Solstar), SmallSat, smallsats, Solstar Space, Space Communications, United States Space Force (USSF)

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