The U.S. Space Force has awarded a $1.6M contract to Arkisys to build a 3-axis stabilized satellite platform to expand commercial activities in space.
, through its innovation arm SpaceWERX, has awarded a $1.6 million Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract to Arkisys Inc., in collaboration with Qediq Inc., Novawurks, Motive Space Systems, iBoss, and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station . The contract is intended to demonstrate the building of a standalone 3-axis stabilized satellite platformSee Alsowill be one of the first orbiting platforms to expand commercial space activities.
"Through the unique SBIR process from the U.S. Space Force and SpaceWERX, we will address using resources in space to create new platforms or modify them on the fly, rather than only building new ones," said Talbot Jaeger, CTO of Novawurks Inc.
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