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Space

U.S. Space Command, SpaceWERX Sponsoring Space Maneuver Challenge

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025

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U.S. Space Command, SpaceWERX Sponsoring Space Maneuver Challenge

Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander, U.S. Space Command. Photo. U.S. Space Command

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—As part of its efforts around sustaining operations in space amid a war, U.S. Space Command and the Space Force’s innovation arm are co-sponsoring a $19 million challenge for commercial companies to offer their solutions for sustained space maneuver, the head of the command said on Tuesday. USSPACECOM and SpaceWERX plan to award $1.9 million each to 10 companies for 15-month contracts for the maneuver challenge. Under the awards, the “companies are expected to deliver demonstrable prototypes that…

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