1 Top Defense Contract from December 16

Today’s top contract

Not a whole lot of big dollar contracts to discuss today, but there’s one I do want to highlight:

K2 Space Corp.
Contract amount: $30,000,000
Contracting branch: US Air Force
Project: Firm-fixed-price, strategic funding increase on a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract. K2 must complete a mega class satellite bus including designing and building payload interfaces, integrating payloads, launching, and operating the spacecraft for a minimum of 18 months after launch.
Delivery Due Date: 2028

Note that despite the similar acronym, this contract has nothing to do with the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) for missile detection. Note also that K2 Space is a private start-up, founded by SpaceX alumni.