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Draper Associates

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commercialFounded 1985
United States
www.draper.vc
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Draper is working with Japanese company ispace on a lander design while the lander itself will be built in the United States.

Mentioned as: DraperOrg RelationshipFeb 6, 2020Industry puzzled by NASA withdrawal of CLPS task order

Draper is partnering with Japanese lander developer iSpace to base a Draper-led CLPS lander on iSpace’s design and build that lander in the United States.

Mentioned as: DraperOrg RelationshipJan 8, 2020NASA postpones procurement of lander for VIPER lunar rover

The Day 3 issue of the Show Daily was published 2019-10-23 and features a cover story on Blue Origin joining forces with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper to compete for NASA’s lunar lander contract.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesOrg RelationshipOct 30, 2019Download all fourSpaceNewsshow dailies from the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)

The Draper-led team offers a lander based on ispace’s design that is assembled in the United States to comply with NASA domestic build requirements.

Mentioned as: DraperTechnical ProductOct 24, 2019Japanese lunar lander company ispace on schedule for 2021 first mission

ispace is partnered with a Draper-led team that is one of nine companies holding Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts.

Mentioned as: DraperOrg RelationshipOct 24, 2019Japanese lunar lander company ispace on schedule for 2021 first mission

On 2019-10-22, Jeff Bezos presented a plan for Blue Origin to work with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper on a lunar lander proposal for NASA’s Human Landing Services competition.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesOrg RelationshipOct 22, 2019Blue Origin, Lockheed, Northrop join forces for Artemis lunar lander

ispace is partnered with U.S.-based Draper to offer lunar services to NASA through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: draperTechnical ProductOct 20, 2019Japan to join Artemis program

Draper expects its matured technology to support autonomous, safe, and routine landings on the moon by 2024.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative PlanJul 18, 2019Draper developing technologies for lunar landings

Draper is partnered with ispace, a Japanese company developing commercial lunar landers.

Mentioned as: DraperOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2019Draper developing technologies for lunar landings

Peter Kachmar is a rendezvous engineer who still works at Draper supporting guidance work on the Trident missile.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative GeneralJul 11, 2019“Apollonauts” reflect on lunar landing and return to the moon

Draper hosted a media event at its headquarters on 2019-07-09 as part of a "Hack the Moon" exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative GeneralJul 11, 2019“Apollonauts” reflect on lunar landing and return to the moon

ispace is developing commercial lunar landers and is part of a team led by Draper that won one of nine Commercial Lunar Payload Services agreements from NASA last November.

Mentioned as: DraperOrg RelationshipMay 29, 2019U.S. and Japan to cooperate on return to the moon

Draper’s CLPS team includes ispace, a Japanese startup that raised more than $90,000,000 in 2017 to fund an orbiter planned for 2020 and a lander with a rover planned for 2021.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesOrg RelationshipDec 27, 2018NASA opens the floodgates for firms with planetary ambitions

Team Draper was one of nine parties selected to participate in NASA’s CLPS Program on 2018-11-29.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative GeneralNov 30, 2018ispace Now Eligible to Provide Lunar Transportation Service to NASA

As part of Team Draper, ispace is eligible to bid for contracts totaling US$2,600,000,000 over 10 years to support NASA lunar activities.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesOrg RelationshipNov 30, 2018ispace Now Eligible to Provide Lunar Transportation Service to NASA

Foreign companies can participate in NASA’s CLPS program by partnering with U.S.-led teams, as demonstrated by Japan’s ispace partnering with Draper.

Mentioned as: DraperOrg RelationshipNov 6, 2018Former Google Lunar X Prize teams still working on lunar landers

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.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesOrg RelationshipOct 12, 2018Is Space Sensor Layer the Pentagon’s next major space program?

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.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesOrg RelationshipOct 12, 2018Is Space Sensor Layer the Pentagon’s next major space program?

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.

Mentioned as: Draper AssociatesNarrative FinancialOct 12, 2018Is Space Sensor Layer the Pentagon’s next major space program?
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