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Kathleen Hicks met with approximately 15 space businesses and startups at SpaceWERX to hear about their experiences working with the Department of Defense.
SpaceWERX is a new organization created to match technologies developed by commercial space businesses with Space Force buyers.
The U.S. Space Force established SpaceWERX in 2020 to speed adoption of commercial technology for government missions.
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. was awarded a $25.2 million, 39-month contract by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command with strategic support from SpaceWERX.
The 39-month Slingshot Aerospace contract includes $16,800,000 from Space Systems Command and $8,400,000 from SpaceWERX.
SpaceWERX was formed in 2020 as a space-focused spinoff of AFWERX and launched the Orbital Prime program to seek commercial solutions for debris removal and other on-orbit services.
Lt. Col. Walter 'Rock' McMillan leads SpaceWERX, a Space Force organization created to work with the emerging commercial space industry.
SpaceWERX provided new details on Orbital Prime on 2021-11-04.
SpaceWERX is a Space Force organization that works with small businesses and startups.
SpaceWERX is modeled after the Air Force’s technology incubator AFWERX, which was created in 2017 to attract small businesses and entrepreneurs in the space industry to work with the government.
Under the CRADA, Embedded Ventures will work with SpaceWERX, a Space Force organization created to build ties with commercial industry and startups.
Phase Four won a contract on 2021-08-18 at the U.S. Space Force’s first SpaceWERX Pitch Day to fuel its Maxwell engine with the green propellant ASCENT developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
SpaceWERX was launched at the Space Force Pitch Day virtual event on 2021-08-19.
Companies at the SpaceWERX virtual Space Force Pitch Day will pitch technologies and compete for up to $34,000,000 in Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contracts.
Competitors in the SpaceWERX Pitch Day already received $50,000 Phase 1 awards for study contracts.
The U.S. Space Force is launching an industry outreach program called SpaceWERX expected to award up to $50,000,000 in contracts to small businesses and startups.
SpaceWERX will hold an inaugural virtual Space Force Pitch Day on 2021-08-19 where companies will pitch technologies and compete for up to $34,000,000 in Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contracts.
Lt. Gen. John Thompson leads initiatives such as the Space Enterprise Consortium and the technology accelerator SpaceWERX to attract startups and provide commercial businesses with more opportunities for military contracts.
SpaceWERX will focus on technologies for the United States Space Force.
SpaceWERX will operate out of the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) campus in Los Angeles.