SBIR/STTR Research Award

Agile Thruster Production for Space Superiority

Award identifier be1c767455ad23b3cd6c3abc551b86cd2905b8ac417e2a2b0fb4e62129894f7fAwarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$2,000,000

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase II

Award year

2025

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
AGILE SPACE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Proposal award date
2025-08-27
Contract end date
2026-12-28
UEI
FC6SB3NL3ZG9
Solicitation number
X24.4
Topic code
AFX244-DPCSO1

Research abstract

This TACFI program provides the production foundation for scaling advanced propulsion technologies, including Agile’s ongoing multi-mode propulsion system development. The increased testing throughput directly supports future space propulsion development and manufacturing efforts by ensuring that component-level innovations can be rapidly validated and manufactured for flight. The TACFI upgrades will enable Agile to support testing for increasingly complex propulsion architectures and configurations. Agile’s TACFI effort aims to implement innovations to its hypergolic propulsion test facility to remove a critical bottleneck in spacecraft thruster production - acceptance testing throughput. Current infrastructure imposes operational limitations that significantly reduce test throughput and program agility - constraints that these upgrades directly address.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2024–2025). Reported award amounts total $5,092,151. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase II, Phase I

Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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