While U.S.-based companies are launching more payloads into orbit than ever before, they’re still limited by the inefficiency of conventional rockets—with rockets, most of the weight is in the propellant, […]
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Solestial awarded $1.2M by SpaceWERX to develop smallsat multiorbital solar array wing
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 […]
Outpost awarded heat shield tech contract for the AFRL Rocket Cargo Vanguard program
Outpost Technologies Corporation (Outpost Space) has been awarded a $1.8 million contract from the U.S. Space Force SpaceWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, awarded through the Innovative […]
Umbra selected by SpaceWERX as participant in STRATFI program to develop next generation spacecraft
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 […]
Space Systems Command and U.S. Space Command’s $13.2M contract to Astranis to add Military Compatibility to new satellites
U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) and U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) awarded Astranis a $13.2M contract, with $3.3M of SSC funding, to add Military Ka frequency compatibility to […]
U.S. Space Force’s SpaceWERX announces Program Year 24.2 STRATFI selections at Fed Supernova
SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a special division within AFWERX, recently announced the Program Year 2024.2 Strategic Funding Increase, or STRATFI, contract award selections from […]
SpaceWERX’s second Innovate to Accelerate cohort focused on aerospace technology
SpaceWERX earlier this month announced the launch of the agency’s latest I2A cohort, focused on two specific topics: advancing Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing, or AltPNT solutions, and pioneering the […]
True Anomaly awarded USSF contract to further space domain security in Space Domain
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 […]
Space Systems Command awards million$$ to Starfish Space Inc.
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 […]
Impulse Space welcomes General John W. Raymond to the firm’s board + wins 2 SpaceWERX SBIR awards
Impulse Space has welcomed General John W. “Jay” Raymond to the company’s board of directors — the announcement comes amid the firm’s selection in January for two Small Business Innovation […]