https://spacewatch.global/tag/spacewerx/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 22 May 2026 10:35:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/spacewerx/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/ssc-is-launching-the-spacewerx-challenge-to-commercialize-operational-logistics-solutions-across-orbits/ Fri, 22 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74108 The U.S. Space Force is launching the SpaceWERX Orbital Logistics Challenge to find commercial solutions for resupply, propellant distribution, and maintenance across LEO, GEO, and beyond.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/leolabs-to-develop-scout-class-radar-capabilities-to-detect-and-track-launches/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 06:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66269 LeoLabs has been selected for a $4M TACFI opportunity to develop and deploy a software upgrade for its expeditionary Scout-class radar, a new, containerized S-band Direct Radiating Array (DRA). The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will tentatively contribute up to $2M, which is matched with $2M in private capital, for a total $4M TACFI effort.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/muon-space-wins-spacewerx-contract-for-sbem-capabilities/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62800 Muon Space has won a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract from SpaceWERX through Space Systems Command (SSC) to advance space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) capabilities. This award will support Muon Space’s development of a multi-mission, multispectral Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) instrument to fill critical data gaps with applications for the Department of Defense (DoD)'s and commercial use.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/ssc-awards-tacrs-contracts-towards-victus-haze-mission/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54642 The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command, through its Space Safari Program Office, in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and SpaceWERX, is awarding contracts to two separate space industry vendors, Rocket Lab and True Anomaly. The vendors will exercise a realistic threat response scenario in an on-orbit space domain awareness (SDA) demonstration called VICTUS HAZE.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/agile-space-receives-spacewerx-contract-to-deliver-mppcs/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 07:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54006 In-space propulsion solution provider Agile Space Industries has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract from SpaceWERX. SpaceWERX is part of the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a part of AFWERX, and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Agile was one of 19 company winners of the 2023 SpaceWERX Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Challenge. The Space Safari program office at USSF Space Systems Command, which identifies cutting-edge TacRS, sponsored the challenge.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/scientific-systems-awarded-spacewerx-orbital-prime-contract/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51797 Scientific Systems, an American software company, announced on the 17th of October that it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a $1.5 million contract. The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract will be undertaken as part of the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Program. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/starfish-space-wins-1-8m-to-develop-satellite-guidance-system/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 06:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50543 Starfish Space announced on the 8th of August that it has been awarded $1.8 million by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, to support continued development of the Cephalopod software for satellite guidance, navigation, and control. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/cislunar-industries-and-partners-awarded-1-7m-contract-by-the-u-s-space-force/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 07:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46850 CisLunar Industries alongside partners Astroscale U.S., Colorado State University, and another yet to be named, have been awarded a $1.7M Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract by SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force (USSF). ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/picknik-robotics-wins-space-force-contract-for-on-orbit-capture/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44254 PickNik Robotics, a robotics software and engineering service company, has won a SpaceWERX contract to work on robotics for the US Space Force. The company recently won a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract for continued work on supervised autonomy for space robotics, as well as a Colorado Advanced Industries Accelerator (AIA) grant for space robotics]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/kayhan-space-wins-spacewerx-orbital-prime-contract/ Wed, 19 Oct 2022 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44078 Software-as-a-service provider Kayhan Space, along with partners Astroscale US and the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), has won a US Space Force award to develop an intelligent platform that autonomously enables spacecraft to safely engage with on-orbit support vehicles for services such as refueling, maintenance, debris removal and national security. Kayhan Space said.]]>