First Air-Breathing Spacecraft
6 days ago
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- Redwire Corporation awarded a $44 million phase 2 contract by DARPA for the Otter VLEO mission.
- Otter mission aims to demonstrate the world’s first air-breathing spacecraft and advance next-gen orbital capabilities.
- The contract funds manufacturing and delivery of the spacecraft, based on Redwire’s SabreSat platform.
- VLEO offers advantages like improved sensor perception, reduced latency, and enhanced mission resilience.
- Otter is built on Redwire’s SabreSat Orbital Drone, designed for performance and cost-effectiveness in VLEO.
- Redwire strengthens its VLEO leadership with roles in ESA’s Skimsat and DeepSat’s VLEO constellation.
- Redwire is a space and defense tech company with 1,300 employees in the U.S. and Europe.