This federal contract award is for the development of software and hardware for the MANTA, an articulating thruster boom enabling responsive servicing by the OTTER space vehicle. The contract, valued at $1,699,856.00, was awarded to Starfish Space, Inc., a small business prime contractor, by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The contract is a firm fixed price purchase order and is set aside for total small business. Starfish Space, Inc. is a company that specializes in satellite servicing technologies, having previously provided research, development, testing, and integration services related to spacecraft rendezvous, proximity operations, docking, satellite servicing, space domain awareness technologies, and autonomous flight software under various contracting mechanisms with agencies like NASA and the Department of Defense.
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