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Stoke Space Nabs Small DIU Contract To Prototype Cargo Delivery To And From Space

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

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Stoke Space Nabs Small DIU Contract To Prototype Cargo Delivery To And From Space

Vertical takeoff and landing test of Stoke Space’s Hopper 2 in September 2023. Source: Stoke Space

Stoke Space on Wednesday said it received a $4.5 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to prototype a commercial point-to-point cargo delivery solution to, through, and from space for defense applications. DIU made the award under its Novel Responsive Space Delivery (NRSD) project. In April, DIU awarded The Spaceport Company $2.5 million under NRSD to conduct a prototype launch this year from a sea-based vessel to test autonomous features of the mobile platform and demonstrate expanded equatorial launch…

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