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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The Space Enterprise Consortium works with about 400 companies in the space industry, many of which are small businesses and startups.
The Space Acquisition Council directed a survey to go out to space industrial base sectors, including members and non-members of the Space Enterprise Consortium, federally funded research and development centers, and think tanks.
The Space Enterprise Consortium selected Boeing Phantom Works’ subsidiary Millennium Space Systems and Blue Canyon Technologies to develop Tetra smallsat prototypes for experiments in geosynchronous orbit.
Tetra-1 was the first project awarded in 2018 by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center Space Enterprise Consortium.
The Space Enterprise Consortium announced the Kobayashi Maru contract award on 2020-04-14.
Companies selected by the Space Enterprise Consortium develop prototypes that can transition to production on a short timeline.
The Space Enterprise Consortium was created in 2017 by the Space and Missile Systems Center to attract startups and nontraditional companies to the defense market.
The Space Enterprise Consortium was created in 2017 to attract space companies to work on military contracts.
SpEC has awarded more than $500,000,000 worth of space technology projects to date.
The Space and Missile Systems Center projects SpEC will award $12,000,000,000 in projects over the next 10 years.
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center released a solicitation for bids on 2020-03-18 for a 10-year contract to manage the Space Enterprise Consortium.
Advanced Technology International was awarded a five-year agreement to oversee up to $100,000,000 worth of projects for SpEC in November 2017.
SpEC uses Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) as a nontraditional contracting process to solicit bids from member companies.
Proposals for the 10-year Space Enterprise Consortium manager contract are due 2020-04-20.
The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium selected L3Harris in 2018 for an $84,000,000 contract as the prime system integrator to design, develop, integrate, and test NTS-3, including ground mission applications.
The Space Enterprise Consortium grew to include 350 members and a $1,400,000,000 budget in 2020.
The Space Enterprise Consortium has spent $410,000,000 on 59 projects to date.
The Space and Missile Systems Center plans to release a solicitation in 2020 for a follow-on to the Space Enterprise Consortium.
The Space Enterprise Consortium started in 2017 with a $100,000,000 budget and 50 members.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center posted a Request for Information on 2019-08-20 to conduct market research for recompeting management of the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC).