Redwire

Redwire is a space technology company with a portfolio of space solutions, spanning from advanced spacecraft systems to space infrastructure and robotics. 

Redwire offers a range of services and products, including space structures and mechanisms, robotic systems, sensors and payloads, and advanced materials. The company is also a pioneer in space manufacturing and biotechnology, focusing on developing new techniques for printing human tissues in microgravity. 

Redwire announced that it would launch the first commercial greenhouse in Spring 2023 to support space exploration missions and outer space crop production research, making it the world’s first commercial greenhouse aboard the International Space Station (ISS). In September 2023, Redwire successfully bioprinted a human knee meniscus aboard the International Space Station (ISS) using its BioFabrication Facility (BFF). The meniscus was printed with living human cells and underwent a culture process on the ISS before being sent back to Earth.

The company was formed in 2020 through the merger of Adcole Space and Deep Space Systems and has since expanded its capabilities through strategic acquisitions and partnerships.

Redwire has acquired seven companies: QinetiQ Space (2022), Techshot (2021), Deployable space systems (2021), Oakman Aerospace (2021), ROCCOR (2020), Made In Space (2020), and Hera Systems (2024).

Key customers and partnerships

Redwire Space has a diverse range of customers in the space industry, including NASA, the Department of Defense, commercial space companies, and research institutions. Redwire's collaborations with its customers aim to advance space exploration, technology, and innovation, as well as contribute to the development of new biomedical therapies that benefit both space exploration and healthcare on Earth.

In August 2023, Redwire secured a USD 12.9 million NASA Tipping Point award for a lunar infrastructure prototype. The project aims to build the moon's critical infrastructure (landing pads, roads, habitat foundations, etc.)

In August 2023 , Sierra Space and Redwire partnered to develop a biotech experiment platform for commercial space stations. The module, Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE), was to be launched later in the decade for commercial pharmaceutical and other biotech research.

In June 2024, Redwire secured a DARPA contact to be the prime integrator for its satellite with a novel propulsion system for very-low-Earth orbit. The contract will use Redwire's SabreSat satellite to house the “air-breathing” electric propulsion systems created by DARPA's Otter program.