NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a United States government agency established in 1958, primarily in response to advancements in space exploration by the Soviet Union. Originating from the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, NASA has a long history of advancing aeronautics and astronautics. It gained prominence for its Apollo program, which successfully landed humans on the moon in 1969. NASA has since been instrumental in various space missions, including the development of the space shuttle, which provided regular access to space from 1981 until its retirement in 2011. The agency plays a key role in the International Space Station, furthering human presence in space through international collaboration. In addition to manned missions, NASA conducts extensive scientific research, exploring planets like Mars and monitoring Earth's climate through satellites. Its aeronautics teams continue to innovate in creating safer and more efficient aircraft. Overall, NASA's work aims to expand human knowledge and capabilities in space while contributing to advancements that benefit life on Earth.

Mark McInerney

Director of UAP Research

Robert Pearce

Associate Administrator and Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Past deals in Defence

New Frontier Aerospace

Grant in 2024
New Frontier Aerospace develops advanced propulsion systems for various applications. These include orbit transfer spacecraft and net carbon-negative hypersonic aircraft, serving civil, commercial, and defense customers.

Swift Coat

Grant in 2024
Swift Coat designs and manufactures nanoparticle-coating solutions in Arizona. Its versatile solution coats various surfaces, serving diverse markets including solar, military, consumers, industries, glazing, filtration, display, and sensors.

Rhea Space

Grant in 2024
Rhea Space Activity (RSA) is an astrophysics start-up focused on developing innovative technologies to support U.S. national security objectives. The company specializes in high-risk, high-reward research and development across various fields, including infrared satellites, directed energy, artificial intelligence, astroparticle physics, small satellites, autonomous underwater vehicles, and cislunar operations. By creating advanced solutions, RSA aims to enable government and defense forces to effectively meet their security needs.

Pegasus Intelligence

Grant in 2023
Pegasus Intelligence is a company that offers signals intelligence and cyber intelligence solutions to Government and Military clients.

Skyline Nav AI

Grant in 2023
Skyline Nav AI is a technology company specializing in navigation solutions for both military and non-military users in environments where GPS is degraded or spoofed. The company develops software that employs advanced visualization techniques to serve as an alternative to traditional GPS technology. This innovative approach allows users to effectively detect and track key landmarks and moving objects across various domains, including land, air, sea, and space, ensuring reliable navigation even in challenging conditions.

United Launch Alliance

Grant in 2023
United Launch Alliance, LLC is a provider of space launch services based in Centennial, Colorado, with additional offices in Denver, Alabama, and Texas. Established in 2005 as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Corporation and The Boeing Company, ULA specializes in launching payloads such as weather, telecommunications, and national security satellites, as well as conducting deep space and interplanetary exploration missions. The company operates launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. ULA serves a variety of clients, including the Department of Defense, NASA, the U.S. government, and the National Reconnaissance Office, fulfilling a vital role in ensuring reliable access to space for national interests and scientific endeavors.

New Frontier Aerospace

Grant in 2023
New Frontier Aerospace develops advanced propulsion systems for various applications. These include orbit transfer spacecraft and net carbon-negative hypersonic aircraft, serving civil, commercial, and defense customers.

OptiNav

Grant in 2023
OptiNav is developing a noise-measurement device that will deliver more precise data during airplane testing.

Swift Coat

Grant in 2023
Swift Coat designs and manufactures nanoparticle-coating solutions in Arizona. Its versatile solution coats various surfaces, serving diverse markets including solar, military, consumers, industries, glazing, filtration, display, and sensors.

Boeing

Grant in 2023
Founded in 1916, Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company. It designs, manufactures, and sells fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and provides leasing and product support services. With operations in over 70 countries, Boeing employs around 170,000 people and supports airlines and governments worldwide.

Sydor Technologies

Grant in 2022
Sydor Technologies is a developer of diagnostic instruments and equipment tailored for laboratories, research facilities, defense, energy, and universities worldwide, focusing on applications in science and technology. The company offers a diverse portfolio of products, including imaging systems such as cameras, X-ray beam monitors, image intensifiers, and photomultipliers. Additionally, Sydor Technologies provides electronic pulsers for driving kicker injectors and thermionic guns, as well as advanced Diamond Beam Position Monitors and electrometers for precise feedback and control across various experimental setups. Their innovations also encompass direct detectors designed for a range of X-ray experiments, catering to the needs of modern scientific research.

Viasat

Grant in 2022
Viasat, Inc. is a global communications company based in Carlsbad, California, specializing in broadband and satellite services. It operates through three main segments: Satellite Services, Commercial Networks, and Government Systems. The Satellite Services segment delivers satellite-based broadband internet access, including voice over internet protocol services for consumers and businesses, in-flight connectivity for commercial airlines, and mobile broadband for maritime vessels and energy platforms. Viasat's Commercial Networks segment focuses on providing satellite network infrastructure, mobile communication systems, and various antenna technologies, along with design and technology services tailored for satellite and terrestrial applications. The Government Systems segment supplies secure broadband modems, network access control systems, and cybersecurity products, enabling reliable data communication for defense and military operations. Founded in 1986, Viasat serves a diverse range of customers, including households, businesses, and government entities, facilitating connectivity in various environments worldwide.

SpaceX

Grant in 2022
Founded in 2002, SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. Its notable projects include Falcon Heavy, Dragon, Starship, and human spaceflight initiatives.

Kuiper Government Solutions

Grant in 2022
Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) is an Amazon subsidiary that provides high-speed, low-latency, and secure satellite broadband services to government customers in the United States and other countries. Its proposed method demonstrates a commercial optical low-Earth orbiting relay network for high- and low-rate SATCOM services to low-Earth orbiting spacecraft for routine missions, contingency operations, and early operations phase communications.

Inmarsat Government

Grant in 2022
Inmarsat Government provides highly reliable, secure, and affordable global mobile satellite communication services to US defense, intelligence, homeland security, public safety, and civilian agencies. Inmarsat Government, designed with government users in mind, offers resilient, flexible capabilities to supplement government satellite resources anytime, anywhere. Inmarsat Government provides a suite of managed network services and end-to-end communication solutions to users on land, at sea, and in the air, even in the world's most remote regions, leveraging an industry-leading scalable multiband network infrastructure.

Northrop Grumman

Grant in 2021
Northrop Grumman is a major American aerospace and defense technology company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. It is one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers and military technology providers. The company develops and manufactures aircraft, spacecraft, laser and cybersecurity systems, and other defense technologies. It operates through four segments: Aeronautics Systems, Defense Systems, Mission Systems, and Space Systems, delivering products and services for national defense and civilian space programs. Its work includes autonomous and piloted aircraft, advanced missile and weapons systems, radar, navigation, and communications systems, as well as space platforms and related support. Northrop Grumman serves government and commercial customers with integrated solutions across the defense lifecycle, focusing on research, development, production, and sustainment of complex defense platforms and mission-critical capabilities.

GE Aviation

Grant in 2021
GE Aviation, headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, is a leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components, and integrated systems for various types of aircraft. As a part of the General Electric conglomerate, it ranks among the top aircraft engine suppliers globally, offering products for commercial, military, business, and general aviation. The division was formerly known as General Electric Aircraft Engines until 2005. GE Aviation's offerings include engines and services tailored to meet the diverse needs of the aviation industry. Its primary competitors include Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney. Additionally, GE Aviation operates a joint venture with SNECMA of France, known as CFM International, which enhances its capabilities in the aircraft engine market.

TransAstra

Pre Seed Round in 2021
TransAstra is a company focused on advancing technologies that facilitate the exploration and utilization of space resources, such as water and valuable materials found on asteroids and the lunar poles. The company excels in identifying and locating asteroids and orbital debris, including fast-moving objects that are difficult to detect with current technologies. By developing methods to prospect, harvest, and utilize these resources, TransAstra aims to support the growth of existing space industries and foster the emergence of new sectors, including space tourism. Their innovative approach includes the extraction of space resources to create rocket propellants, which can be used for commercial satellites and other applications, significantly enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of space operations.

SpaceX

Grant in 2019
Founded in 2002, SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. Its notable projects include Falcon Heavy, Dragon, Starship, and human spaceflight initiatives.

bluShift Aerospace

Grant in 2019
bluShift Aerospace is a sustainable space launch services provider focused on offering dedicated launch solutions for small payloads, specifically nanosatellites and microsatellites. The company aims to revolutionize space transportation through its proprietary rocket technology, which utilizes carbon-neutral biofuel. By delivering suborbital and orbital launch services, bluShift provides rapid and cost-effective solutions for customers in both commercial and defense sectors. This innovative approach not only reduces the complexity and risk associated with launching small payloads but also significantly decreases costs and environmental impact, addressing the growing demand in the estimated $28 billion small satellite market over the next decade.

Frontier Aerospace

Grant in 2018
Founded by Jim McKinnon in 1997, Frontier Aerospace specializes in designing and developing innovative rocket propulsion systems for in-space and launch applications. The company focuses on booster rocket engine components, reaction control thrusters, attitude control propulsion systems, and deep space exploration thrusters.

Paragon Space Development Corporation

Grant in 2018
Paragon designs, produces, qualifies and fields life support and thermal control for extreme environments. This includes human support systems such as air revitalization, pressure control, waste processing and waste management and resource recovery. Paragon also produces in-situ resource recovery technologies that recover water, CO2 and other substances for use within life support and to reduce the material burden for replacement. Paragon also produces the thermal control hardware to keep humans and equipment operating at optimum conditions. No matter where Humans go in Space in the future, Paragon technology will support them.

United Launch Alliance

Grant in 2018
United Launch Alliance, LLC is a provider of space launch services based in Centennial, Colorado, with additional offices in Denver, Alabama, and Texas. Established in 2005 as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Corporation and The Boeing Company, ULA specializes in launching payloads such as weather, telecommunications, and national security satellites, as well as conducting deep space and interplanetary exploration missions. The company operates launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. ULA serves a variety of clients, including the Department of Defense, NASA, the U.S. government, and the National Reconnaissance Office, fulfilling a vital role in ensuring reliable access to space for national interests and scientific endeavors.

Miles Space

Grant in 2017
Miles Space is a Tampa, Florida-based company focused on developing advanced spacecraft propulsion and communication technologies. They specialize in innovative products such as plasma thrusters and signal processing systems, which enhance communication capabilities for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Orbit (GEO) systems. By employing novel technologies like failsafe computing clusters and symbol-aware emitter fingerprinting, Miles Space aims to provide cost-effective solutions for satellite communications, significantly reducing the expenses associated with traditional communication systems. The company is also engaged in the creation of miniature spacecraft designed to travel into outer space, showcasing their groundbreaking navigation and propulsion technologies.

Aerojet Rocketdyne

Grant in 2016
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a leading company in the aerospace and defense sector, engaged in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of a wide array of propulsion and power systems. Headquartered in El Segundo, California, the company serves various clients, including the United States government, the Department of Defense, NASA, and aerospace and defense prime contractors. Its Aerospace and Defense segment produces liquid and solid rocket propulsion systems, air-breathing hypersonic engines, and electric power systems for a range of applications, including space exploration, missile defense, and tactical systems. Additionally, Aerojet Rocketdyne has a Real Estate segment that focuses on the management of its excess real estate assets, involving activities such as re-zoning, entitlement, sale, and leasing of approximately 11,394 acres of land in California. Founded in 1915, Aerojet Rocketdyne has been integral to many significant U.S. space and missile initiatives throughout its history.
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