DoD awards $100M for space-related tech prototypes

The Advanced Technology Institute, based in North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $100 million contract to support the Space Enterprise Consortium.

The “other transactions agreement” spans “prototypes for broad space-related technologies, to include ground segment, launch segment, space segment, software, processes, or any combination for government customers within the Department of Defense,” according to the DoD contract announcement.

The Advanced Technology Institute will manage commercial, nonprofit and academic partnerships to fulfill the DoD’s space-related requirements.

The contract is scheduled to be completed by November 2022. It was awarded by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.

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