Space Micro Inc.

Space Micro Inc., doing business as Voyager Defense And National Security, is a San Diego-based small business manufacturer of radiation-hardened space microelectronics and satellite subsystems that operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) under total small business set-asides across the SBIR and STTR programs. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Voyager Technologies, Inc., a Denver-based parent entity, and competes exclusively in small-business-reserved procurements, with zero full-and-open awards in its recent footprint.

Space Micro's capability portfolio centers on high-performance space communications hardware, AI-enabled space computing, and on-orbit service technologies. Representative prime work includes a $12.66 million definitive contract from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (awarded April 28, 2026) for design, demonstration, and deployment of a scalable Link-182 space radio with pointing API for LEO/GEO communications, slated for completion April 30, 2027; a $1.25 million SBIR Phase II purchase order from the Air Force Research Laboratory (awarded February 1, 2023) for optical communications in space enhanced with novel forward error correction; a $1.73 million SBIR Phase II contract from the Space Development Agency under BAA HQ085021S0001-TA01 for on-orbit servicing research; and multiple STTR Phase II awards from AFRL for W/V band software-defined radios, radiation-hardened SDRs with integrated solid-state power amplifiers, and laser communications for cislunar applications, each carrying ceiling values of $750 thousand to $750 thousand.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to defense space and research agencies. The top five customer organizations by award count account for 60% of recent awards, with the Air Force Research Laboratory leading by volume at 51 awards ($18 million combined potential value), followed by the Missile Defense Agency (23 awards, $14.9 million), NASA Shared Services Center (15 awards, $4.9 million), NASA Goddard Space Center (10 awards, $823 thousand), and NASA Glenn Research Center (5 awards, $1 million). When ranked by potential value, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center ($17.4 million across 3 awards) ranks second behind AFRL, highlighting the $12.66 million Link-182 contract; the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command ($4.6 million across 5 awards) enters the top five. The portfolio skews heavily toward SBIR and STTR research contracts — 79 awards fall under the primary NAICS code for Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences.

Space Micro maintains minimal presence on parent vehicles or IDVs; the award portfolio reflects direct awards rather than task-order positioning. The company's activity trajectory has contracted sharply from 13 awards in 2022 to 1 award in 2026, though that single recent award carries substantial value. One award ($12.7 million, the Link-182 contract) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and faces recompete exposure. In its subcontractor role, Space Micro delivers S-band transceivers and Ka-band transmitters to Lockheed Martin for the Multi-Slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) mission across four sub-awards spanning Phase A, Phase B, and Phase C efforts (awards in March 2024, October 2024, January 2025, and June 2025). Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $91.1 million against a $101.1 million combined potential value ceiling.

Space radiation hardened microelectronic and space computer boards