SpaceWERX is the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a division within AFWERX. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it focuses on inspiring collaboration with innovators to accelerate space capabilities and shape the future in space. SpaceWERX partners with organizations like Space Systems Command and the Aerospace Corporation, and it employs various programs such as SBIR/STTR to invest in emerging technologies and transition them to operational use. Keywords associated with SpaceWERX include: space innovation, technology transition, U.S. Space Force, and AFWERX.
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The SpaceWERX Tactically Responsive Space Challenge received 302 proposals from 232 companies.
Impulse Space was selected in January 2023 by SpaceWERX for two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts via the 2023 SpaceWERX Tactically Responsive Space Challenge.
SpaceWERX launched an AltPNT program seeking proposals for improving PNT resilience and plans to award as many as 20 Small Business Innovation Research contracts this summer to prototype and demonstrate PNT technologies.
SpaceWERX awarded 20 Phase 2 contracts valued at $1,500,000 each over the past year.
SpaceWERX requires additional funding from the U.S. Congress to continue building a pathway for Orbital Prime technology development.
BMNT has a $9,000,000 contract to support the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime cohort development program.
SpaceWERX is seeking to award Small Business Innovation Research contracts worth up to $1,900,000 each for IT infrastructure upgrades at the Eastern and Western launch ranges.
SpaceWERX has not yet released specifics on the projected value of contract awards.
SpaceWERX stated that the current infrastructure pre-dates the Internet.
The project is run by the Space Force’s technology arm, SpaceWERX, and the Assured Access to Space office.
Rogue Space Systems developed the Scalable Compute Platform (SCP) in part under a contract awarded through the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Program.
Rogue Space Systems developed the Scalable Compute Platform in part under a contract awarded through the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Program.
The Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX have partnered to streamline the SBIR and STTR process by accelerating proposal-to-award timelines, expanding the pool of potential applicants, eliminating bureaucratic overhead, and implementing process improvements in contract execution.
Scientific Systems’ contract is one of 20 STTR Phase II contracts awarded by SpaceWERX, each valued at $1.5 million, for a total of $30,000,000 awarded to the Orbital Prime cohort.
Scientific Systems was selected by SpaceWERX for a $1,500,000 STTR Phase II contract under the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Program.
Scientific Systems was selected by SpaceWERX for a $1,500,000 STTR Phase II contract under the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Program.
The Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX partnered to streamline the SBIR and STTR processes by accelerating proposal-to-award timelines, expanding opportunities for small businesses, and continually implementing process improvements in contract execution.
Scientific Systems’ contract is one of 20 STTR Phase II contracts awarded by SpaceWERX, each valued at $1.5 million, for a total of $30,000,000 awarded to the Orbital Prime cohort.
The two SpaceWERX Phase 2 contracts awarded to Rogue Space Systems are worth $3,000,000 in total.
Barry-1’s mission will demonstrate in-space operation of technologies developed under contracts awarded through the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Program.