From Earth to Orbit: DoD Invests in Rapid Satellite Tech with $237M Multi-Award Contracts

Axient LLC, Huntsville, Alabama (FA8809-25-D-B003); Blue Canyon Technologies LLC, Lafayette, Colorado (FA8809-25-D-B014); General Atomics, San Diego, California (FA8809-25-D-B009); Lockheed Martin Corp., Littleton, Colorado (FA8809-25-D-B006); Loft Orbital Federal LLC, Golden, Colorado (FA8809-25-D-B011; Lynk Global Inc., Falls Church, Virginia (FA8809-25-D-B007); Orbit Systems LLC, Rockville, Maryland (FA8809-25-D-B013); Spire Global Subsidiary Inc., Tysons, Virginia (FA8809-25-D-B005); Turion Space Corp., Irvine, California (FA8809-25-D-B002); Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc., Irvine, California (FA8809-25-D-B010); Utah State University Space Dynamics Lab, Logan, Utah (FA8809-25-D-B008); and York Space Systems LLC, Denver, Colorado (FA8809-25-D-B004), were awarded a ceiling $237,600,000 multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-reimbursement, firm-fixed-price contract for rapid satellite acquisition designed for payload integration, launch, on-orbit support and anomaly detection. Work will be performed in various locations in the contiguous U.S. and is expected to be completed April 2035. These contracts were competitive acquisitions and 21 offers were received. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $100,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Space Systems Command Innovation and Prototyping Delta, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the contracting activity.