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Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)

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commercialFounded 2017
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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

Millennium Space won a 2018 Space Force Space Enterprise Consortium contract to produce Tetra-1, an experimental cubesat.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Org RelationshipOct 2, 2021Millennium Space sees opportunities in missile defense satellites

The Space Enterprise Consortium was created in 2017 through the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center, the predecessor to today’s Space Systems Command.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise ConsortiumTechnical ProductSep 27, 2021Space Systems Command Awards Million$$ Contract To Sev1Tech For DTaaS Capability

The Space Enterprise Consortium was established in 2017 to facilitate engagement between the Department of Defense space community, industry, and academia.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Narrative GeneralSep 25, 2021SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab + Blue Origin Receive Space Systems Command Prototype Project Contracts

The Space Enterprise Consortium solicited proposals for these projects on 2021-05-11.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Org RelationshipSep 25, 2021Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, ULA win Space Force contracts for rocket technology projects

The Space Enterprise Consortium is working with the three EWS teams under Other Transaction Authority agreements intended to reduce bureaucratic requirements and allow contractors to co-invest in projects.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Narrative GeneralSep 5, 2021Space Force delays selection of weather satellites

The Space Enterprise Consortium is a U.S. Space Force organization that works with startups and commercial space companies.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise ConsortiumOrg RelationshipSep 5, 2021Space Force delays selection of weather satellites

The Space Enterprise Consortium awarded $309,000,000 in contracts in June 2020 to three teams: Raytheon Technologies, General Atomics, and Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Org RelationshipSep 5, 2021Space Force delays selection of weather satellites

The SDR-1001 uses Mil-Spec connectors to provide access to RF signals and enable SpaceWire and Ethernet connectivity.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Narrative GeneralJul 14, 2021CesiumAstro releases space-qualified software-defined radio with open reconfigurable FPGA

The Space Enterprise Consortium awarded $309,000,000 in June 2020 to Raytheon Technologies, General Atomics, and Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates (ASTRA) to develop EO/IR Weather System prototypes.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Org RelationshipMay 24, 2021A race against time to replace aging military weather satellites

The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium plans to issue a request for prototype proposals by 2021-06-30.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Org RelationshipMay 23, 2021Space Force looking to build new radar sites to track objects in high orbits

The Space Enterprise Consortium awards prototype development contracts using Other Transaction Authority agreements that are jointly funded by the government and contractors.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Narrative GeneralMay 23, 2021Space Force looking to build new radar sites to track objects in high orbits

Palantir won a $10,000,000 contract from SMC’s Space Enterprise Consortium in April 2020 to develop data-as-a-service tools.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Org RelationshipMay 17, 2021Space Force to increase spending on technologies to turn data into knowledge

SpEC was created by the U.S. Air Force in 2017 to attract startups and commercial companies to bid on military space projects.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Narrative GeneralMay 11, 2021Space Force seeks bids for rocket engine testing and space transportation technologies

SpEC is managing other transaction authority agreements for the co-funded projects solicited by SMC’s Launch Enterprise.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Narrative GeneralMay 11, 2021Space Force seeks bids for rocket engine testing and space transportation technologies

SpEC was established in 2017 to facilitate engagement between the Department of Defense space community, industry, and academia.

Mentioned as: specNarrative GeneralMay 11, 2021Three Requests For Prototype Proposals Released By SMC + Space Enterprise Consortium

The projects will be co-funded by the U.S. government and the private sector under other transaction authority agreements managed by SMC’s Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC).

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Narrative PlanMay 11, 2021Space Force seeks bids for rocket engine testing and space transportation technologies

Northrop Grumman received the initial award for the Protected Tactical SATCOM program in February 2020 through the Space Enterprise Consortium.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Narrative GeneralApr 23, 2021Northrop Grumman One Of Three Companies Selected By USSF SMC To Continue With PTS Rapid Prototyping

The Space Development Agency plans to purchase satellite buses and payloads that vendors are already producing rather than develop satellites on spec.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Org RelationshipMar 4, 2021DoD space agency to award multiple contracts for up to 150 satellites

The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium works with many non-traditional aerospace companies that are developing mobility and logistics systems.

Mentioned as: space enterprise consortiumNarrative GeneralFeb 18, 2021U.S. Space Command to recommend investments in space infrastructure

National Security Technology Accelerator received a contract on 2021-01-15 to manage the U.S. Space Force’s Space Enterprise Consortium for 10 years.

Mentioned as: Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)Org RelationshipJan 15, 2021After further review, Space Force confirms selection of NSTXL to manage industry consortium
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