The United States Space Force (USSF) has selected 12 companies for a 10-year, $237 million deal to build satellites and other spacecraft.
Under the Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 contract, selected companies will compete for delivery orders to make platforms—potentially including satellite buses—and integrate them with cutting-edge technologies for future demonstrations.
Here are the awardees from the industry and the academia:
Axient (Acquired by Astrion)
Blue Canyon Technologies
General Atomics
Lockheed Martin
Loft Orbital Federal
Lynk Global
Orbit Systems
Spire Global
Turion Space
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems
Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
York Space Systems
STEP 2.0, a key component of the Space Test Program, enables the Space Force to collaborate with defense and civilian agencies to conduct demonstrations of emerging technologies.
Sources: Washington Technology, DOD
Learn more about the contract here.
