Systems Announces Its Fifth Phase II SBIR AWARD - Orbital Robotics - Systems Corporation
Summary
This project is focused on enhancing Space Domain Awareness (SDA) through Autonomous Multi-spectral Resident-Space-Object Identification and Characterization (SAMRIC) to ensure the safe and sustainable execution of In-Space Servicing and Manufacturing (ISAM) operations.Today, there are more than 5,000 operational satellites in Low-Earth Orbit alone, and we are expecting tens if not hundreds of thousands more by 2030. This makes it critical for us to understand the precise location, characteristics, and capabilities of space objects in order to provide safe and effective logistics services. The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the SBIR/STTR process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal-to-award timelines. Since it was aligned under AFRL in Aug. 2021, SpaceWERX has executed 1106 contracts worth more than $897 million to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and drive faster technology transition to operational capability. Since 2019, AFWERX has executed 4,697 new contracts worth more than $2.6 billion to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and drive faster technology transition to operational capability.