
Astra last week said it has received a potential $44 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to further develop and scale production capabilities of a new launch system and launch vehicle to achieve the prototype objective of launching Rocket 4. DIU, in a separate release, said Astra’s work under the Novel Responsive Space Delivery (NRSD) project will allow point-to-point cargo delivery to, through and from space for the Defense Department. “We week to equip the Joint Force with…