Redwire Space Technologies, Inc.

Redwire Space Technologies, Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of Redwire Holdings, LLC, operates as a prime contractor on NASA microgravity research, in-space manufacturing, and space exploration technology development, competing without set-aside designation on full-and-open federal procurements. Headquartered in Greenville, Indiana, the company specializes in biomedical investigations aboard the International Space Station, advanced manufacturing hardware such as the FabLab printer module, and mission integration services supporting Earth science and life sciences research in low Earth orbit.

Redwire's federal footprint concentrates almost entirely with NASA. The top five customer organizations account for 73% of recent awards by count and 98% by potential value, dominated by NASA's Johnson Space Center (58 awards, $638.9 million combined potential value) and supplemented by NASA Shared Services Center (27 awards, $16 million), NASA corporate (29 awards, $7.8 million), the Army Medical Command (6 awards, $4.6 million), and the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (6 awards, $1.1 million). NASA Johnson Space Center's share is decisively larger by both metrics—the agency funds roughly 93% of the combined potential value across all Redwire awards in the source data. The company's portfolio is almost entirely Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contracts, representing transition of SBIR-developed technologies toward commercialization and operational deployment on the ISS.

Representative prime work includes a $6.55 million delivery order (August 2025) for Phase 2 of the In-Space Production of Pharmaceutical In-Space Laboratory program extending through October 2030; a $2.5 million SBIR Phase III delivery order (January 2025) for Phase 2 of the In-Space Production Applications program; a $1.28 million SBIR Phase III contract (September 2023) investigating physiological responses of organisms under variable gravity using on-orbit centrifuges; a $1.17 million SBIR Phase III delivery order (December 2024) for design and commercialization of the FabLab printer module through critical design review; and a $3.19 million SBIR Phase III delivery order (May 2022) for pharmaceutical crystal production. In January 2026, Redwire received a single-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $25 million from Johnson Space Center through August 2030 authorizing research, engineering, manufacturing, and mission integration services for Earth science missions including CLARREO Pathfinder, Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3, and Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III. Recent delivery orders under that IDIQ include work on stem cell vascularization ($175,000), adipose tissue mechanosensing ($396,881), biofilm growth research ($181,989), and plant growth studies ($415,628), all closing in 2026 or 2027.

Activity has accelerated substantially—the company received 2 awards in 2022, 6 in 2023, 4 in 2024, and 12 in 2025. Combined potential value across all 172 awards totals $686.5 million, with $124.6 million (18%) obligated to date. Only six awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $1.3 million, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The top parent vehicles are an indefinite delivery contract (NNJ15GU31B) with 32 task orders valued at $33.6 million combined, an indefinite delivery contract (80JSC025D0070) with 7 task orders valued at $7.9 million, and a "Research, Engineering, Mission Integration Services" vehicle with 4 task orders valued at $15.8 million. The vendor's primary NAICS category is Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (84 awards); secondary categories include biotechnology R&D and engineering services.

Redwire's subcontractor presence is minimal—only 3 sub-awards (2% of the total) appear in the source data, all under Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on NEXTSTEP architecture studies for ISS augmentation and deep-space transit habitability (January 2025, June 2025, and June 2023). The company's federal footprint is nearly exclusive to prime work.