About Featured Expert: Redwire

Redwire develops space infrastructure, spacecraft systems and microgravity technologies for civil, commercial and national security missions. Its work spans power generation, deployable structures, avionics, sensors, radio-frequency systems, spacecraft platforms, digital engineering and research facilities for use in orbit and beyond.

The company supplies solar arrays and deployable structures for satellites, space stations and exploration programs. Its Roll-Out Solar Array technology uses flexible photovoltaic blankets that are stored compactly for launch and deployed in orbit, providing power without the mass and packaging requirements of more conventional rigid-panel systems. Redwire has delivered this technology for the International Space Station and is also supporting programs including NASA’s Lunar Gateway.

Redwire-logo-Featured-Expert-Aerospace-Technology-MonthlyRedwire’s spacecraft capabilities extend across complete platforms, payload integration, guidance, navigation and control, onboard processing and mission operations. These systems support Earth observation, communications, national security and scientific missions, while its radio-frequency and antenna technologies provide links among spacecraft, ground infrastructure and operational users.

The company also develops technologies for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing. Its heritage includes the first additive manufacturing system operated aboard the International Space Station, along with subsequent work in on-orbit production, robotic assembly and the development of larger structures that may be manufactured or assembled after launch. These capabilities are intended to reduce the constraints imposed by launch-vehicle volume and allow spacecraft infrastructure to be built, repaired or expanded in orbit.

Microgravity research and manufacturing form another major part of Redwire’s work. The company develops and operates facilities for biotechnology, pharmaceutical research, plant science, materials processing and bioprinting aboard the International Space Station. By providing flight hardware, payload integration, mission planning and on-orbit operations, Redwire supports researchers seeking to use microgravity as both a scientific environment and a manufacturing platform. Its broader engineering capabilities include digital twins, modeling and simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing and mission-specific software. These tools allow spacecraft, payloads and operating concepts to be evaluated across the design cycle and help connect component development with system-level performance before flight.

Redwire also contributes to technologies needed for sustained operations beyond low Earth orbit, including docking and berthing mechanisms, robotic systems, lunar-surface infrastructure and equipment for future commercial space stations. This work connects its component and payload expertise with the larger systems required to support longer-duration missions and human activity in space.

Redwire was formed in 2020 through the combination of several established space-technology businesses, bringing together decades of flight heritage across spacecraft components, deployable systems, microgravity research and mission engineering. The company has continued to expand its capabilities through additional acquisitions, including spacecraft, payload and airborne autonomous-system businesses.

Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Redwire maintains engineering, manufacturing, integration and test operations across the United States and Europe. Its expertise spans spacecraft power, deployable structures, avionics, sensors, radio-frequency systems, microgravity research, in-space manufacturing and digital engineering. To learn more about Redwire and its work in aerospace infrastructure and space systems, please click here.

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