In Orbit Aerospace

Air Force Central Command has purchased an initial batch of StratoDrop systems for evaluation in operational environments. This is a major milestone showcasing that interest in our capability for long-range cargo delivery is more than just verbal. In Orbit is continuing to work with AFCENT towards larger acquisition through testing of the systems over the next year.\r\n\r\nSpecific contracting paths to larger quantity orders have been identified. The price and performance of our system has also been received very favorably.

High-Altitude Balloons (HABs) are great tools for transiting the stratosphere for long distances or carrying sensors to image the ground or provide communications relays.\r\n\r\nThey are slow to deploy and for distances over thousands of miles, take a long time to transit. In many cases, this isn't a problem. However, there are disaster and defense scenarios where eyes in the sky are needed nearly immediately. The Rocket Cargo program out of Air Force Research Lab is studying the use of rockets to transport cargo across the world in under an hour. They have awarded In Orbit a contract to develop a special decelerator that will deploy mid-air and allow a high-altitude balloon to rapidly inflate and stabilize, getting to its station in 1/10th of the time.

In Orbit has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreements with US Special Operations Command. This is an extremely worthwhile partnership where we will work with Special Forces end-users to test and evaluate our StratoDrop systems, identify mission threads and integration, and lastly identify paths forward to procurement.

This milestone marks an approximate time frame for In Orbit's pivot away from re-entry spacecraft to Stratospheric Cargo Delivery. This pivot was largely driven by customer interest.\r\n\r\nPlease reach out if you'd like to learn more.