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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To date, the SpEC program has awarded 80 prototype projects valued at $856,000,000.
SpEC plans to award up to $12,000,000,000 worth of projects over the coming decade.
Under the new agreement, the Space Enterprise Consortium is projected to award up to $12,000,000,000 worth of projects over the next decade.
NSTXL (National Security Technology Accelerator) has been selected to manage the U.S. Space Force’s Space Enterprise Consortium for the next 10 years.
The Space Enterprise Consortium has 441 members, including 355 non-traditional members such as startups, small businesses, and academic institutions.
To date, the Space Enterprise Consortium program has awarded 80 prototype projects valued at $856,000,000.
The Space and Missile Systems Center issued a solicitation for SpEC management bids on 2020-03-18.
Pending a 30-day congressional notification period, the Space and Missile Systems Center plans to award the SpEC management agreement on 2020-12-31.
The U.S. Air Force created the Space Enterprise Consortium in 2017 to attract startups and commercial space companies to bid on military projects.
Advanced Technology International managed the Space Enterprise Consortium from 2017 until being selected for replacement by NSTXL.
The contract was awarded through the Space Enterprise Consortium using an agile program management methodology to rapidly develop a prototype that can be transitioned directly into operational use.
The Space Enterprise Consortium awarded $309,000,000 in June in contracts to Raytheon Technologies, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, and Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates to develop weather satellite prototypes and payloads.
The SpEC consortium was created in 2017 to attract commercial space businesses to work with the military.
SpaceX received the weather study contract in July from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium.
The SpEC consortium informed its members on 2020-10-08 that SpaceX had won the weather study contract.
Companies selected by the Space Enterprise Consortium to build prototypes have an inside track to production if the Space and Missile Systems Center decides to procure the system in quantities.
The Space Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise consortium awarded contracts totaling $309,000,000 in June to three companies for the Electro Optical/Infrared Weather System (EO/IR EWS) program.
The $44,500,000 Air Force contracts include a one-year AFWERX deal to demonstrate launch technology and an agreement with the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium to conduct three demonstrations of an RS1 vehicle variant and deployable ground infrastructure in 2022.
The Space and Missile Systems Center funded the Electro Optical/Infrared Weather Satellite System through the Space Enterprise Consortium.
The Space Enterprise Consortium selected L3Harris in 2018 for the $84,000,000 NTS-3 contract.