Draper Laboratory, officially The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., is an American non-profit research and development organization specializing in the design, development, and deployment of advanced technology solutions. Within the space industry, Draper focuses on space systems, including advanced guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) systems, fault-tolerant computing, and innovative software design for space exploration. They have a long-standing partnership with NASA, contributing to programs like Apollo and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Key areas of expertise include space navigation, strategic systems, and the development of high-performance science instruments.
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The 13 CLPS contractors are Astrobotic Technology, Blue Origin, Ceres Robotics, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, Lockheed Martin Space, Moon Express, Orbit Beyond, Redwire Space Sensors, Sierra Space, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.
Mission 3 is in the early commercialization phase and involves ispace technologies U.S. participating in a group led by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.
ispace’s share of Draper Laboratory’s $77 million CLPS contract is approximately $55 million.
ispace US will serve as the company’s US subsidiary’s first CLPS mission integrator with Draper Laboratory and is targeting a farside Moon landing in 2027 carrying NASA payloads and another rover from ispace Europe.
James Bickford of Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Massachusetts received a 2024 NIAC Phase I grant for a Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket.
Sedaro is partnering with Space Dynamics Laboratory and Draper Labs on the 15-month project.
Draper Laboratory, Inc. has annual revenues of $625,000,000.
On 2018-09-27, the Missile Defense Agency awarded 21 contracts of $1,000,000 each to seven companies and Draper Laboratories to develop concepts for hypersonic weapon systems intended to shoot down enemy hypersonic missiles.
The companies awarded 2018-09-27 contracts to develop hypersonic weapon system concepts are BAE Systems, Boeing, General Atomics, L3 Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Draper Laboratories.
The nine firms awarded $1,000,000 study contracts for Space Sensor Layer concept designs are Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics, Maxar Technologies, Draper Laboratories, Leidos, Millennium Space, and Boeing.
Draper Laboratory was spun out from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973.