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Aegis Aerospace

Aegis Aerospace, Inc.

Webster, TX, United States

SpaceCommunications & SATCOMMRO & LogisticsDual-use
Founded 2021Subsystem Manufacturer, System IntegratorSupplies Land Forces, Air Forces
Profile last updated: May 7, 2026

About

Founded in 2021, Aegis Aerospace is a defense subsystem manufacturer based in Webster, United States working in space, communications & satcom, mro & logistics.

Aegis Aerospace is a privately owned, woman-owned space and technology company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Formed in 2021 through the merger of Alpha Space Test and Research Alliance and MEI Technologies, it provides turnkey spaceflight system and product development services, commercial space testing services, and engineering, systems integration and technical services. Its work serves NASA, the Department of Defense, the US Space Force and commercial customers. The company holds a Space Pool contract for maintenance, repair and overhaul of space platforms under the ASTRO program, OASIS multiple-award IDIQ contracts, and a D3I-D2 contract supporting the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. It also supports the Space Test Program under Space Systems Command. Its products include the M-1 satellite bus, EPIIC payload interface, MISSE external ISS facility and lunar test platforms.

Location

Webster, United States

Founded

2021

Company type

Private company

Legal name

Aegis Aerospace, Inc.

NCAGE code

0XBY6

Focus areas

spacedefensespaceflightcommercial spacesatelliteISSlunarengineering servicesspace testing

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

SpaceCommunications & SATCOMMRO & Logistics

Supply-chain role

Subsystem ManufacturerSystem IntegratorMRO & Services

What they offer

HardwareEngineering ServicesMaintenance & Repair

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

M-1 Satellite Bus

Spacecraft bus

Flight-proven, low-cost, multi-purpose spacecraft bus for in-space testing payloads and experiments.

EPIIC (Easy-to-use Payload Interoperable Integration Carrier)

Payload interface adapter

Electronic and mechanical payload interface that serves as a universal adapter across multiple flight platforms.

MISSE

External space platform

Commercial facility on the external ISS truss providing power, data and commanding for customer experiments in four micro-environments.

SSTEF (Space Science & Technology Evaluation Facility)

Lunar test platform

Multi-purpose lunar test facility providing power, commanding and data connections for lunar experiments.

Regolith Adherence Characterization (RAC) platform

Lunar test platform

Lunar surface platform characterizing interaction of lunar soil with materials.

GAGG Radiation Instrument

Space radiation instrument

Instrument to space-qualify gamma-ray detector technology for space-based defense applications.

GNSS Orbiting Situational Awareness Sensor

Space GNSS sensor

CubeSat-compatible programmable dual GPS receiver characterizing the orbital GNSS environment.

End users

Land ForcesAir Forces

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

ITAR compliant

Named customers

NASADepartment of DefenseUS Space ForceUS Air ForceU.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

AS9100D

ISO 9001:2015

CMMI Maturity Level 2

People

Management & team (3)

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