Impulse Space, Inc.

Impulse Space, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced space technologies based in Redondo Beach, California, operates exclusively as a prime contractor on federal space launch, responsive space operations, and orbital maneuvering vehicle development contracts awarded by NASA and the Air Force, with all thirteen recent awards designated as total small business set-asides or unset offerings. The company competes under small business set-asides on the majority of its definitive contracts and SBIR work, while holding a multi-billion-dollar vehicle on the GSA Schedule without set-aside restriction and a $5 billion NASA launch services IDIQ on full-and-open terms.

Impulse Space's federal footprint concentrates overwhelmingly on space launch and orbital maneuvering capabilities grounded in SBIR Phase I, II, and III contracts and direct R&D procurement. Recent representative work includes a $300 million firm fixed-price delivery order awarded August 2024 under NASA Kennedy Space Center's Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services IDIQ for dedicated and rideshare launch services through January 2032; a $63 million SBIR Phase III contract from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (awarded October 2024, completing April 2028) for impulse space orbital maneuvering vehicle development; a $15 million SBIR Phase II contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (awarded February 2025, completing September 2026) for the STRATFI program; and a $12.5 million Phase III GDC Trailblazer contract from NASA (awarded September 2026, completing March 2028) for geosynchronous equatorial orbit capabilities. Earlier SBIR awards include $1.7 million for tactically responsive GEO systems with high-energy kick stages and $1.7 million for responsive space operations with multi-orbit orbital maneuvering vehicles, both from Air Force Research Laboratory with small business set-asides.

Customer concentration is dominated by space agencies. NASA Kennedy Space Center anchors the potential value with $5.3 billion across two awards (the VADR IDIQ and an umbrella task order), while the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA Shared Services Center, and the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center split the remainder of the $5.7 billion combined potential value. The top five customers cover 92% of awards by count and 100% of combined potential value. Impulse Space holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule position (awarded September 2026, $300 million ceiling through 2031) enabling nationwide federal ordering of space launch and orbital maneuvering services without competition. The VADR vehicle, a multiple-award IDIQ established August 2024 with a $5 billion ceiling, serves as the parent vehicle for the company's largest single award — the $300 million delivery order. Recent obligated spend stands at $96.1 million against $5.7 billion combined potential, indicating early stages of execution on large multi-year programs. Activity accelerated sharply in 2024 (seven awards) after a single 2023 SBIR Phase I award, with five awards (combined potential value $78.6 million) due for completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure on SBIR Phase III and responsive space operations development efforts.

Impulse vehicles are built around in-house chemical propulsion systems, optimized for high-thrust, high delta-V performance at low cost. This in-space mobility capability is a critical enabler of the rapidly growing ecosystem of space-based applications. Impulse's service-based approach to payload delivery and hosted payloads expands mission possibilities, allowing customers to focus on end objectives rather than supporting functions. Impulse space vehicles provide agile delivery of multiple payloads to unique orbits from a single launch, along with orbital transfers and deep-space missions. Compatibility with existing and in-development launch vehicles ensures rapid, reliable launch at a low cost-per-kilogram.