ExLabs awarded Space Force contract for robotic capture system

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ExLabs awarded Space Force contract for robotic capture system

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ExLabs awarded Space Force contract for robotic capture system
by Staff Writers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2023

Exploration Laboratories, ExLabs announces it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract in the amount of $1.7M, focused on Autonomous Capture and Acquisition to investigate its potential to fill capability gaps in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).

The Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through a faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential applicants by expanding opportunities to small business and losing bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing process improvement changes in contract execution.

The DAF began offering 'The Open Topic' SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the DAF funded, ExLabs will start its journey to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the national defense of the United States of America.

Exploration Laboratories, ExLabs, is developing next-generation scale spacecraft for capture and control operations for orbital debris clean-up, paving the way for deep space missions for natural resource retrieval.

ExLabs' broader mission is to unlock the vast resources of space in support of human sustainability. The company is committed to making this vision a reality, and simultaneously protecting Earth's delicate ecosystems. ExLabs' mission is not just about securing the resources needed for the future but also healing the damage inflicted upon our home planet in the past, creat

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