Auriga Space, Inc.

Auriga Space, Inc. (Auriga Space Division), a minority-owned, woman-owned small business based in Garden Grove, California, develops electromagnetic testing systems and advanced aerospace technologies for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor exclusively through Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs and defense-focused indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor operates 100% as a prime, with no subcontract footprint in the source record. Auriga Space is a self-certified small disadvantaged business and Asian-Pacific American owned entity competing under Total Small Business set-asides on SBIR work and full-and-open competition on its broader defense vehicle.

Auriga's recent capability portfolio centers on electromagnetic accelerator methodologies, linear impact testing environments, and hypersonic component evaluation systems. Representative work includes a $1.25 million Phase II SBIR purchase order with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the Strategic Technology Research – Linear Accelerator Methodology Proposal (STR-LAMP), with completion scheduled for December 31, 2026; a $1.25 million Phase II SBIR award for the Auriga Electromagnetic Testbed for Hypersonic Experimentation and Rapid Development (AETHER) from AFRL, completing November 23, 2026; and a $179,900 Definitive Contract with the Missile Defense Agency for the Electromagnetic Linear Impact Testing Environment (ELITE) project, completing June 4, 2026. Supporting work includes a $74,600 Phase I SBIR award from AFRL for the Satellite Component Acceleration Response in an Electromagnetic-Accelerator (SCARE-A) project, completed April 17, 2025.

Customer concentration is split evenly between two defense agencies. The Air Force Research Laboratory accounts for three awards carrying $2.6 million in combined potential value, while the Missile Defense Agency holds three awards worth $180 thousand combined. All six awards fall under national defense R&D services, split between experimental development and applied research categories under primary NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences).

Auriga holds a seat on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ contract awarded by the Missile Defense Agency effective December 29, 2025, with a ceiling extending through December 28, 2035. The initial task order under SHIELD carries a $500 ceiling. SHIELD encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization across multi-domain defense capabilities including air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid defense domains. Work is performed at the contractor's Garden Grove facility and at subordinate performance locations including Huntsville, Alabama.

Activity has accelerated from one award in 2024 to five in 2025, generating $2.8 million in combined potential value with full obligation. Two awards (combined potential value $2.5 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in that window.