KATALYST SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF221-0008

KATALYST SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Phase I SBIR feasibility signal

  • Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Defense in a technical approach.
  • Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
  • Obligated amount $150,000. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
  • Topic code AF221-0008 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.

Informational capture context from public federal data — not legal or bid advice.

Amount
$150,000
Agency
Department of Defense · Air Force
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
AF221-0008
Solicitation
22.1
NAICS
Place of performance
AZ
Period
2022-09-22 → 2023-06-23

Description

Driven by unprecedented accessibility to space, technological advances in small sat capabilities, and a surge in the number of resident space objects (RSOs), the space domain is now more contested than ever. The US must respond to new threat vectors from