Apex is aiming to demo commercial space-based interceptor technology in orbit as soon as this year.
NEC Corporation will buy one of Apex’s Aries satellite buses for a communications demo mission next year.
Apex signed an MOU in December to establish a model to mass-produce satellites in Europe.
Apex raised $400 million in venture capital in 2025.
NEC’s demo mission with Apex will fly a next-generation optical communications payload in low Earth orbit.
The NEC contract is Apex’s first business in Japan.
Apex introduced the Comet bus aimed at architectures like Golden Dome.
Apex raised $400 million from investors last year to support its manufacturing build-out.
Apex opened Factory One in Los Angeles last year.
Apex is planning a commercially funded mission to deploy multiple prototype missile interceptors in orbit.
Anduril has two self-funded space launches expected this year: Hydronaut, featuring Anduril sensors and compute payloads on Argo Space Corp.’s Navigator spacecraft, and Lectronimo, using an Apex-supplied bus with Anduril mission data processing and infrared imaging capabilities.
Apex is planning Project Shadow to demonstrate key space-based interceptor technologies.
After Apophis' flyby, the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft will arrive shortly thereafter to further study the asteroid.
OSIRIS-APEX will investigate the composition and structure of Apophis to refine models of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.
The repurposed OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft is on a multi-year cruise that will culminate in close operations around Apophis shortly after its 2029 Earth flyby.
OSIRIS-APEX is planned to perform detailed mapping at Apophis and study the asteroid's surface response to its close passage by Earth.
Project Shadow is scheduled to launch in June 2026 using one of Apex’s commercial off-the-shelf satellite platforms.
Apex is launching Project Shadow to demonstrate key space-based interceptor technologies within the next year.
Apex is collaborating with suppliers and partners on Project Shadow, though their names were not disclosed.
Cinnamon mentioned that investor interest in Project Shadow has contributed to funding rounds for Apex.