Aevum Launch, founded in 2016, is a US-based provider of autonomous space launch services for lightweight payloads. They are developing the Ravn X, the world's largest Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), designed to deliver satellites to space. Aevum aims to provide rapid and responsive launch capabilities, with the U.S. Space Force as a key customer, and envisions launching payloads from any one-mile runway. Keywords associated with Aevum include autonomous launch, air launch, small satellites, and responsive space access.
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The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $4,900,000 contract to Aevum to lift experimental satellites to low Earth orbit.
Aevum’s contract for the ASLON-45 mission is $1,500,000 higher than the contract that had been awarded to Vector Launch.
The Air Force awarded Aevum a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract on 2019-08-19 for its autonomous launch and space logistics service.
The ASLON-45 mission will be Aevum’s first Air Force mission and will launch from Cecil Air and Space Port in Jacksonville, Florida.