Arkisys, alongside partners Qediq, Novawurks, Motive Space Systems, iBoss, and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), has received a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) $1.6 million grant from the SpaceWERX – the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force (USSF). The funds will go towards demonstrating the building of a standalone three-axis stabilized satellite on Earth using Arkisys’ innovative Port Module spacecraft, which will one day function as a pioneering space outpost and orbital destination to host new technology and build new satellites onboard, among other things.
According to the Los Alamitos, California-based company, additive manufacturing (AM) is a big part of its space innovation strategy, so Arkisys and its partners will rely on the technology for its prototype satellite model.
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