Advancing Orbital Maneuverability: Starfish Space Awarded $37.5M Contract for Otter Demonstration Project

Starfish Space Inc., Tukila, Washington, was awarded a $37,499,938 firm-fixed-price contract for the Starfish Otter Demonstration Award project. This contract provides for a strategic funds increase project for space mobility and logistics technology using a commercial Starfish Space Otter spacecraft to improve maneuverability on-orbit and enable dynamic space operations docking and maneuvering of Department of Defense assets on-orbit by 2026.  Work will be performed at Tukila, Washington; and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2028. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and one offer was received. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,099,786 are being obligated at time of award. The 45th Contracting Squadron, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA2521-24-C-0013).