Astroforge, Inc.

Astroforge, Inc. (Astroforge Division) is a Seal Beach, California–based small business specializing in space technology and asteroid mining research that operates exclusively as a prime contractor in the federal SBIR program and as a grant recipient, with no subcontract footprint. The company is designated as a total small business set-aside participant and manufactures advanced space technology hardware and instruments for near-Earth asteroid characterization, in-situ resource extraction, and planetary sampling applications.

Astroforge's federal award portfolio spans four prime awards across two agencies, totaling $315 thousand in combined potential value, with $590 thousand obligated across those awards. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center has issued three SBIR awards to Astroforge covering situational awareness instrumentation, mission concept development for rapid-response near-Earth object characterization, and cold ablation drilling technology for non-contact planetary sampling. The most recent Shared Services Center award, a $14,966 Phase III SBIR definitive contract issued on September 10, 2026, addresses situational awareness with the COMPASS instrument, with an ultimate completion date of January 10, 2028. Earlier Shared Services Center awards include a $149,986 Phase III SBIR contract (September 4, 2025) for the Astroforge Mission Concept Study on rapid-response NEO characterization and a $149,677 Phase I SBIR purchase order (August 7, 2024) for cold ablation drilling technology development. Astroforge also holds a $275 thousand National Science Foundation project grant (CFDA 47.084, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) awarded on March 1, 2024, supporting development of an electromagnetic-ablative refining process for in-situ asteroid mining of platinum group metals — a 18-month effort addressing domestic sourcing of critical minerals for U.S. economic competitiveness and national security.

Activity remains nascent: two awards in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026. One award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months and therefore faces potential recompete. All work is performed at Astroforge's Seal Beach facility. The company's portfolio centers on advanced space hardware, laser-based refining systems, and sampling instrumentation for asteroid mining and planetary exploration applications.