The Defense Innovation Unit issued the award as part of the department’s Space Test Program Rapid Agile Launch Initiative, which seeks commercial low-Earth orbit platforms with a payload capacity of between 1,000 pounds to 2,650 pounds, Relativity Space said Monday.
The DOD deal marks the Los Angeles-based aerospace company’s ninth launch service customer and third government transaction following its selection for NASA’s Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 program in December.
Relativity Space, which aims to produce one rocket within 60 days, raised $500 million in a Series D funding round that was completed in November and led by Tiger Global Management.
Chuck Brooks is the president of Brooks Consulting International and one of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Experts. As a longtime advocate for cybersecurity…
ASRC Federal’s Facilities & Logistics subsidiary has secured an Air Force Industrial Product-Support Vendor contract The Defense Logistics Agency awarded…
