SBIR/STTR Research Award
Scaled Supernova Spacecraft
Award amount
$45,000,269Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2025-09-30
- Contract end date
- 2027-09-30
- UEI
- FAFTW73TEKL6
- Solicitation number
- X23.8
- Topic code
- AFX238-DPCSO1
Research abstract
The goal of the STRATFI effort is to build and demonstrate the first Supernova space vehicle and scale manufacturing capacity for Portal to produce multiple Supernova per year.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Solar Concentrator Development and Validation Testing for Advanced Spacecraft Maneuverability
- Flare Propulsion Qualification Testing for Enhanced Dynamic Space Operations
- Highly Mobile Space Vehicle for Space Domain Awareness
- Supernova Solar Energy Collection and Storage (SECS)
- High Delta-V Space Vehicle for Persistent Orbital Tracking and Rapidly Responsive Space Operations
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- K2 Space Mega Class Satellite
- APEX STRATFI Proposal
- Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) Data Fabric Development (STRATFI)
- High Powered Electric Propulsion System for Space Vehicles
- Highly-Maneuverable Commercial Satellite Bus
Research funding history
8 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2023–2025). Reported award amounts total $50,660,075. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense