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Blue Canyon Technologies

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Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT), now a part of RTX, is a vertically-integrated spacecraft manufacturer specializing in small satellites and spacecraft systems. They provide turnkey solutions, CubeSats, microsats, components, and subsystems like attitude determination and control systems (ADCS). BCT supports various missions for customers like the U.S. Air Force, NASA, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and is known for its cost-efficient, high-performance solutions. Key products include spacecraft buses, star trackers, and reaction wheels.

commercialFounded 2008
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
www.bluecanyontech.com
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Blue Canyon Technologies won a $14,100,000 DARPA contract in 2020 to manufacture four Blackjack satellites with options to build 16 additional small satellites.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanGrowthValue 5.0Aug 30, 2021ExoTerra to provide Blackjack satellite thrusters

ExoTerra Resources expects its thrusters to fly on two Blue Canyon Blackjack satellites scheduled to launch in 2022.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 30, 2021ExoTerra to provide Blackjack satellite thrusters

Blue Canyon Technologies selected ExoTerra Resources to provide electric propulsion for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Blackjack Phase 2 and Phase 3 satellites.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.5Aug 30, 2021ExoTerra to provide Blackjack satellite thrusters

DARPA has ordered 10 satellite buses from Blue Canyon Technologies for the Blackjack program.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Aug 26, 2021Global microelectronic shortages trickle down to military satellite programs

Blue Canyon Technologies won an order for four contracts in June 2020 related to DARPA’s Blackjack program.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jun 8, 2021Blue Canyon Technologies names new CEO

The University of Illinois awarded Blue Canyon Technologies a contract on 2021-05-12 to build two six-unit cubesats for a space science mission funded by the National Science Foundation.

RelationshipsPlanFinancialValue 4.7Jun 8, 2021Blue Canyon Technologies names new CEO

Raytheon Technologies acquired Blue Canyon Technologies in December 2020.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 8, 2021Blue Canyon Technologies names new CEO

Under the contract announced 2021-05-12, Blue Canyon Technologies will provide a pair of six-unit cubesat buses plus an engineering development unit for the VISORS mission.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.4May 12, 2021University of Illinois taps Blue Canyon for scientific cubesat mission

Blue Canyon Technologies is scheduled to deliver cubesats to the Georgia Institute of Technology for instrument integration in 2022.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 12, 2021University of Illinois taps Blue Canyon for scientific cubesat mission

Blue Canyon Technologies provides satellite buses for the Blackjack program.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0May 6, 2021Northrop Grumman to supply navigation payloads for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites

DARPA has ordered 10 spacecraft buses from Blue Canyon Technologies.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Apr 22, 2021Lockheed Martin wins $27 million contract modification for integration of DARPA’s Blackjack satellites

Raytheon Technologies acquired small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies in 2020.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 24, 2021Space M&A boom appears right on time

DARPA has ordered 10 satellite buses so far from Blue Canyon Technologies for the Blackjack program.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.6Mar 15, 2021Colorado based SEAKR wins $60 million DARPA contract to demonstrate autonomous satellite operations

DARPA has ordered 10 satellite buses for Blackjack from Blue Canyon Technologies.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.7Mar 12, 2021SEAKR wins $60 million DARPA contract to demonstrate autonomous satellite operations

Blue Canyon Technologies received a contract option worth $26,500,000 to produce six satellites for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 5.0Feb 24, 2021DARPA orders six satellites from Blue Canyon Technologies for Blackjack program

Blue Canyon is developing a custom bus design for DARPA based on its 150-kilogram X-SAT commercial bus.

CapabilityValue 4.0Feb 24, 2021DARPA orders six satellites from Blue Canyon Technologies for Blackjack program

Blue Canyon will deliver the additional six satellites by the end of 2022.

RelationshipsPlanGrowthValue 4.0Feb 24, 2021DARPA orders six satellites from Blue Canyon Technologies for Blackjack program

Blue Canyon Technologies deployed new satellite components on Transporter-1 that it plans to incorporate in Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency satellites.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 26, 2021SpaceX’s rideshare carried small satellite technology of interest to U.S. military

Raytheon Technologies announced plans in November to purchase Blue Canyon Technologies, a small satellite and spacecraft component manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Dec 24, 2020Beyond exits: Entrepreneurs look back on forming and selling space startups

Raytheon Technologies completed its acquisition of satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies on 2020-12-22.

RelationshipsValue 4.7Dec 22, 2020Raytheon completes acquisition of Blue Canyon Technologies
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