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 39-month Slingshot Aerospace contract includes $16,800,000 from Space Systems Command and $8,400,000 from SpaceWERX.
SpaceWERX was formed in 2020 as a space-focused spinoff of AFWERX and launched the Orbital Prime program to seek commercial solutions for debris removal and other on-orbit services.
Lt. Col. Walter 'Rock' McMillan leads SpaceWERX, a Space Force organization created to work with the emerging commercial space industry.
SpaceWERX is modeled after the Air Force’s technology incubator AFWERX, which was created in 2017 to attract small businesses and entrepreneurs in the space industry to work with the government.
Under the CRADA, Embedded Ventures will work with SpaceWERX, a Space Force organization created to build ties with commercial industry and startups.
Phase Four won a contract on 2021-08-18 at the U.S. Space Force’s first SpaceWERX Pitch Day to fuel its Maxwell engine with the green propellant ASCENT developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
Companies at the SpaceWERX virtual Space Force Pitch Day will pitch technologies and compete for up to $34,000,000 in Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contracts.
Competitors in the SpaceWERX Pitch Day already received $50,000 Phase 1 awards for study contracts.
The U.S. Space Force is launching an industry outreach program called SpaceWERX expected to award up to $50,000,000 in contracts to small businesses and startups.
SpaceWERX will hold an inaugural virtual Space Force Pitch Day on 2021-08-19 where companies will pitch technologies and compete for up to $34,000,000 in Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contracts.
Lt. Gen. John Thompson leads initiatives such as the Space Enterprise Consortium and the technology accelerator SpaceWERX to attract startups and provide commercial businesses with more opportunities for military contracts.
SpaceWERX aims to expand the space industrial base by guiding additional partners and leveraging commercial investment.
SpaceWERX will operate out of the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) campus in Los Angeles.
The AFWERX program of the United States Air Force has launched SpaceWERX, a technology accelerator office in Los Angeles.
Lt. Col. Rock McMillan will lead SpaceWERX.
SpaceWERX will focus on technologies for the United States Space Force.