Novawurks, Inc.

Novawurks, Inc., a Long Beach, California-based aerospace and defense contractor, develops advanced spacecraft bus architecture, small satellite platforms, and space vehicle sensor integration systems for the Department of Defense and national space agencies as a prime contractor (86% of recent awards) competing in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The vendor's recent activity spans research, development, prototyping, and production across air, missile, space, and cyber defense domains, anchored by a January 2026 Multiple Award IDIQ award from the Missile Defense Agency with no specified ceiling under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, running through December 2035.

Novawurks' customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense research and development. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency leads the vendor's portfolio by potential value — three awards totaling $52.8 million — followed by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (three awards, $4.9 million) and the Department of the Air Force (two awards, $3 million). The top five funding agencies account for 86% of recent awards. Recent representative prime work includes a $4.8 million firm fixed-price definitive contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (awarded November 2021, extending through September 2026) for economic payload integration cost analysis on the Athena Sensorcraft; a $3 million purchase order from the Air Force for "Space Legos for SPRCO" (September 2024, completing October 2027); a $249,960 sole-source purchase order from NASA Shared Services Center (July 2025) for development and demonstration of the DEMETER space vehicle observational platform, selected for Novawurks' demonstrated capability in conformable small satellite bus architecture with active thermal control and onboard processing; and a $74,655 SBIR Phase I contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (May 2024) under the Total Small Business set-aside for configurable and reconfigurable spacecraft flight systems. The SHIELD IDIQ, awarded as a single delivery order with a $500 ceiling as of January 2026, positions Novawurks to compete for task orders across classified and unclassified defense modernization, systems engineering, and multi-domain defense capabilities.

Activity has been episodic — two awards in 2019, one in 2021, four in 2024, one in 2025, two in 2026 — with three awards (combined potential value $7.8 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor's capability portfolio concentrates in research and development services (11 of 14 awards classified to R&D-focused NAICS and PSC codes), with particular depth in space vehicle bus architecture, payload integration, and small satellite platforms. Subcontract exposure is minimal; Novawurks subcontracts as a small satellite portfolio supplier to Axient LLC on a March 2024 RISE task order. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $63.9 million, against combined obligated dollars of $66 million.

NovaWurks Inc. is a full-service satellite provider, concept to launch.

We developed an adaptable flight proven modular method of building satellites.

The SLEGO architecture provides a method of rapidly delivering highly capable spacecraft that are cost effective. Mass produced building blocks are inventoried and configured to perform the function required to support the mission requirements of a spacecraft. Adopting this methodology enables a "fight tonight" response to critical needs for National Security Space by providing an adaptive response to field assets when and where needed with the latest payload technology.

Our production and engineering facilities encompass 50,000 sq feet in Long Beach California and include state of the art clean room facilities with heavy lift crane capacity for AI&T of larger spacecraft. The facility spans over two acres with secure access grounds.