The Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) is an organization created in 2017 through the Air Force Space Systems Command (now Space Systems Command) to bridge the gap between military buyers and commercial space startups and small businesses. SpEC uses Other Transaction Authorities (OTAs) to expedite the development of next-generation space technologies and prototypes by connecting the Department of Defense with a network of innovators. Its mission is to minimize barriers to entry for non-traditional vendors and promote integrated research and prototyping efficiencies. Key partners include the Space Force, Missile Defense Agency, and various commercial and academic members.
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SpEC is managing other transaction authority agreements for the co-funded projects solicited by SMC’s Launch Enterprise.
SpEC was established in 2017 to facilitate engagement between the Department of Defense space community, industry, and academia.
The projects will be co-funded by the U.S. government and the private sector under other transaction authority agreements managed by SMC’s Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC).
SpEC was created by the U.S. Air Force in 2017 to attract startups and commercial companies to bid on military space projects.
Northrop Grumman received the initial award for the Protected Tactical SATCOM program in February 2020 through the Space Enterprise Consortium.
The demonstration used the Orchestration and Terminal Manager elements of the Enterprise Management and Control (EM&C) platform developed by Knight Sky for the U.S. Space Force through the SPEC OTA.
The Space Development Agency plans to purchase satellite buses and payloads that vendors are already producing rather than develop satellites on spec.
The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium works with many non-traditional aerospace companies that are developing mobility and logistics systems.
National Security Technology Accelerator received a contract on 2021-01-15 to manage the U.S. Space Force’s Space Enterprise Consortium for 10 years.
Technologies developed by Space Enterprise Consortium members include satellites, sensor payloads, ground stations, and cybersecurity systems.
The Space and Missile Systems Center selected NSTXL to manage the Space Enterprise Consortium on 2020-12-10.
The U.S. Air Force created the Space Enterprise Consortium in 2017 to attract startups and commercial companies from the space industry to bid on military projects.
The Space and Missile Systems Center increased authorized funding for SpEC to $12,000,000,000 of projects over the next 10 years.
Advanced Technology International was awarded a five-year agreement in 2017 to oversee up to $100,000,000 worth of SpEC projects.
The Space and Missile Systems Center intended to award the Space Enterprise Consortium management contract to NSTXL on 2020-12-31 but has delayed the award to further evaluate litigation involving NSTXL.
Advanced Technology International will continue to manage the SpEC projects that were already awarded under its contract.
NSTXL was selected to manage the Space Enterprise Consortium, also known as SpEC.
DJI operators and aerial survey data specialists have a playback and visualization capability in LineVision similar to MISB-spec full-motion video files captured from military-grade gimbal cameras.
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.
The Space and Missile Systems Center created the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) in 2017 to attract commercial space companies to bid on military projects.