Arcfield subsidiary Orion Space Solutions has been awarded initial contracts valued at over $24 million to deliver over 25 payloads for a proprietary space customer.
The work includes design, manufacturing, testing and calibration of mission-specific instrumentation over a multiyear period. The awards have a total potential value of over $100 million as batch deliveries are completed.
“Orion’s high-performance payloads are at the heart of the future of space-based intelligence,” said Kevin Kelly, chairman and CEO at Arcfield. “This effort reinforces Arcfield’s role as a leading hardware provider for novel commercial and defense space initiatives.”
The Orion payloads will support space-based environmental monitoring capabilities and build on decades of the company’s experience developing these technologies.
“Collaborating with our partner on this mission underscores Orion’s commitment to delivering game-changing innovations in space-based environmental monitoring,” said Gregg Burgess, president and general manager at Orion. “With these payloads, we are leveraging decades of advanced sensor development to support space-based intelligence and next-generation satellite systems.”