EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Laurel, MD · Aerospace · Private

Flight software for autonomous spacecraft mission planning and task scheduling using optimization algorithms

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · emergentspace.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Laurel, MD
Total capital: $29.6M

Federal grants: $3.9M; 7 awards · 2017–2022; Rank in peer group#38 of 55
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $25.8M; 54 awards · NASA, Defense, U.S. Agency for Gl; Rank in Aerospace#127 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Sep 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Integrated Flight Hardware and Software Platform for Space Mesh Networking$1.7M
May 2022Federal contractNASA · Plan Generation For Autonomous Small Spacecraft Swarms$125K
May 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Plan Generation for Autonomous Small Spacecraft Swarms$750K
Sep 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Autopilot Commander Conjunction-assessment Enabling a Starling and a System for Exchange and Deconfliction$998K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Plan Generation For Autonomous Small Spacecraft Swarms$125K
May 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Machine Learning-Accelerated Grid Environment$125K
Apr 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · User Interface for the Design of Multiagent Autonomous Missions$50K

Show 54 earlier federal awards

Jul 2020Federal contractDefense · Rendezvous And Proximity Operations Technology Demonstrator (rapid)$1.5M
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Long Duration Propulsive Telemetry Splitter$195K
Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase I · ROBOT: Rules Oriented Blockchain Operations Transactor$125K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Processor Redundancy Enabled Software Event Recovery With Voting (preserv)$125K
Apr 2019Federal contractNASA · Emergent Space Technologies Has Continued Developing The Openframes Application Programming Interface (api) As A Core Component Of Our Ongoing NASA Phase Ii-x SBIR (NNX16CG16C). Openframes Allows 3RD-PARTY Applications To Display High-fidelity Interactive 3D Visualizations Without Having To Directly Write Advanced Computer Graphics Code. As A Key Component Of Our SBIR Work, We Developed The Openframesinterface Plugin For Gmat, Which Uses Openframes To Display A Large Variety Of Spacecraft And Mi$130K
Apr 2019Federal contractDefense · Software Infrastructure For Automation Of Multi-satellite Systems Contract$1.8M
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$995K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Automated Remote Sensor Tasking$748K
Jul 2018Federal contractNASA · Increasing The Level Of Spacecraft Autonomy For Any Future Space Mission Will Make It More Affordable And Capable, Allowing NASA To Do More Science With Less Operations Costs. For Future Distributed Space Missions (dsms) However, Spacecraft Autonomy Is Critical To Reducing Costs To Make The Missions Affordable And Practical. The Use Of Multiple Satellites To Simultaneously Sample Science Observations In Multiple Spatial, Spectral, Angular, And Temporal Dimensions Is Feasible Only If The Mission $750K
Jun 2018Federal contractNASA · Engineering Service$100K
Apr 2018Federal contractNASA · We Will Address The Statement Of Work With The Single High-level Task 1: To Develop And Test Updates To The Existing Openframesinterface That Enable Realtime Rendering Of Spacecraft Position And Attitude. We Will Accomplish This Task With Two Subtasks, Each Of Which Results In A Demonstration And Updated Versions Of The Openframes Api And Openframesinterface Plugin. Note That For Both Subtasks, We Will Work With The Cor To Obtain Sample Data That Will Be Used For Testing And Demonstration Purpos$65K
Feb 2018Federal contractNASA · Emergent Space Technologies Has Developed The Openframes Application Programming Interface (api) As A Core Component Of Our Ongoing NASA Phase II SBIR (NNX16CG16C). Openframes Allows 3RD-PARTY Applications To Display High-fidelity Interactive 3D Visualizations Without Having To Directly Write Advanced Computer Graphics Code. As A Part Of Our Phase II Work, We Enabled The Visualization Of Massive Point Cloud Data In Virtual Reality (vr) With Openframes, Which Has Made It Particularly Useful To Th$10K
Nov 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Applications Using New Satellite Communications Constellations$150K
Sep 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igfsoftware Development Of The Openframes Api$75K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Goddard Mission Services Evolution Center (gmsec)-joint Mission System (jms)$150K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Distributed Spacecraft Missions (dsm) Have Become Increasingly Important In The Effort To Extend The Capabilities Of Instruments To Gather Critical Earth And Space Science Data. Dsms, Which Include Constellations, Formations And Clusters, Have Already Been Employed And Have Been Proposed For Several Future Space Science Missions. The Magnetospheric Multiscale (mms) Mission Is A Current Solar-terrestrial Probe Mission Comprising Four Identically Instrumented Spacecraft Flying In A R$125K
Apr 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Today's Mission Designers Rely On State Of The Art Tools With Modern Graphical User Interface (gui) Elements And Real-time 3D Interactive Graphics To Visualize Their Trajectories And Orbit Control Strategies. NASA Gsfc's General Mission Analysis Tool (gmat) Offers Advanced Mission Design And Optimization Capabilities With A Flexible Gui, But Its 3D Graphics Are Lacking In Both The Quantity And Quality Of Its Graphical Components As Well As The Maturity Of Its Visualization Subsystem$1M
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Today's Mission Designers Rely On State Of The Art Tools With Modern Gui Elements And Real-time 3D Interactive Graphics To Visualize Their Trajectories And Orbit Control Strategies. One Such Tool, NASA Gsfc's General Mission Analysis Tool (gmat), Offers Advanced Mission Design And Optimization Capabilities With A Flexible Gui. However, Its Current 3D Graphics Are Lacking In Both The Quantity And Quality Of Graphical Components As Well As The Maturity Of Its Visualization Architectur$125K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Holistic Rso Space Situational Awareness Algorithms$832K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf Darpa SBIR Phase II, Entitled, F6-CAPSAT: A Picosat For System F6 Adjunct Interfacing$1.5M
Apr 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In The Near Future We Will See The Development Of Space Mission Architectures Where Multiple Spacecraft Work Cooperatively As A Cluster To Achieve Mission Objectives. Fault Management(fm) Is A Critical Challenge That Must Be Addressed, Especially When Multiple Spacecraft Are Working In Proximity. Automatic Fault Management Reduces The Effort Required By The Ground Crew When Faults Occur, And It Reduces The Chance Of Collision By Quickly Recovering From Faults. We Are Developing A Fl$750K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SIBR-1 Holistic Rso Space Situational Awareness Algorithms$150K
Aug 2013Federal contractU.S. Agency for Gl · Igf::cl::igf$63K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Seeks Unmanned Aircraft Systems (uass) For Earth Science Data Collection For Missions With Variable Durations, Operating Proximities, Altitudes, And Environmental Conditions. Of Particular Interest Is The Ice Bridge Mission, Which Takes Observations In Support Of Arctic And Antarctic Research By Identifying Ice Sheet Motion, Three-dimensional Ice Features, And Other Atmospheric And Surface Effects. These UAS Aircraft May Be Equipped With A Variety Of Sensors, With Each Aircraft$125K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Emergent Space Technologies Proposes To Develop A Flexible, Service-oriented Fault Management (fm) Architecture For Cluster Fight Missions. This Fm Architecture Will Include Algorithms To Be Run On Each Cluster Module For Fault Detection, Isolation, And Recovery, Software To Be Used At A Ground Station To Direct Recovery Actions, And Protocols For Communication Of Fault Information Between Cluster Modules And Between Modules And The Ground Station. Individual Components Of The Archi$125K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf To Solve The Problem Of Autonomous Navigation On Small Satellite Platforms Less Than 20 Kg, We Propose To Develop An Onboard Orbit Determination Receiver For Small Leo Satellites Which Lack Stable Attitude Determination And Control System (adcs), Continuous GPS Coverage, Or Ground Tracking. The System Is A Refinement Of Existing Spaceborne Receiver Technology Built Around A New, Innovative Collective Detection And Direct Positioning Algorithm Developed By Dr. Penny Axelrad, A Reduc$125K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase 1 Entitled, "space Qualified Satellite Hypervisor For Cots Processors".$100K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I Entitled "F6-CAPSAT: A Picosat Fot System F6 Adjunct Interfacing"$150K
Jan 2013Federal contractDefense · Performance Of Work In Accordance With$100K
Oct 2012Federal contractDefense · "enhanced Warfighter Tasking W/ A Gmsec-jms Bridge Service"$748K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR I Feature Identification From Unresolved EO Data$150K
Jun 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions - SBIR Phase III Emergent Space Technologies Ground Enterprise Management Systems Support (gems) Enhancement Applied To The SBIR Phase III Emergent Space Technologies NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (jpl) Advanced Multi-mission Operating System (ammos). Phase I Awarded Under NNX08CA72P$50K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · NASA Is Installing The Communications, Navigation, And Networking Reconfigurable Testbed (connect) Onto The Truss Of The International Space Station To Demonstrate Software-defined Radio (sdr) Technology, And Is Now Accepting Proposals For New And Useful Sdr Experiments To Fly On Connect That Are Compliant With The Space Telecommunications Radio System (strs) Sdr Standard. Emergent Space Technologies Proposes To Develop An Strs-compliant Software-defined GPS Receiver That Can Be Flown On Connect$125K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · The Need For Science-grade Position, Navigation, And Timing (pnt) Sensors That Are Low Size, Weight, And Power (swap) Is Well Recognized. The Ability To Provide Precise Positioning And Pointing In Real-time Is A Capability Needed For Formation Flying, Rendezvous And Proximity Operations, And Radio And Laser Altimetry. To Address This Need, Emergent Space Technologies Will Develop A Low Swap Codeless GPS Receiver That Will Be Capable Of Precise And Real-time Orbit Determination. Currently, Precis$124K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · The Proposed Innovation Is To Use The Comm-based Measurements Available From Many Advanced Satellite Cluster Wireless Networks To Improve The Flexibility And Robustness Of Relative And Absolute Navigation Systems Without The Additional Expense, Weight And Power That A Traditional Navigation Backup Systems (like An Extra GPS Receiver) Would Require. This Will Be Accomplished By Comparing The Range, Range-rate Or Angle Measurements Predicted By Gps-based Navigation Solutions To The Actual Measurem$125K
Jul 2011Federal contractDefense · (STTR Phase 1) Robust Prediction And Estimation Of Time Varying Balistic Coefficients$100K
Jun 2011Federal contractNASA · Early Hardware-in-the-loop (hwil) Simulation Is Essential To Early Retirement Of Space Mission Development Risks. Upcoming NASA Missions Such As Mms Involve Complex High Earth Orbits Making The Use Of GPS Difficult, Though NASA Has Developed GPS Receivers Capable Of Performing In These Environments. Space GPS Simulation Needs Are Typically Seen As A Niche Market, And The Resulting Solutions, Which Are Often Simply Adaptations Of Terrestrial Products, Can Be Sub-optimal And At Best Handle Simple,$517K
May 2011Federal contractNASA · Service-based Cluster Flight Algorithms And Software Darpa Baa 01-11$8.6M
May 2011Federal contractNASA · Sbirsbir Phase III Emergent Space Technologies Ground Enterprise Management Systems Support (gems) Enhancement Applied To The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (jpl) Advanced Multi-mission Operating System (ammos).$150K
Apr 2011Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase 3 For Development Of Ground Enterprise Mgmt. Systems (gems)$110K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · Emergent Space Technologies, Inc. (emergent) And The Georgia Institute Of Technology (georgia Tech) Propose To Investigate The Navigation Performance And Computational Burden Of A Second-order Kalman Filter That Uses A New Method Of Computing Second-order Derivatives Using Multi-complex Numbers, A Multi-dimensional Generalization Of Complex Numbers. We Will Develop A Prototype Of The Filter To Be Integrated Into Nasa's Orbit Determination Toolbox (odtbx) In Phase II. We Will Also Investigate Tec$100K
Feb 2011Federal contractDefense · Innovative Technologies For Space Asset Management$100K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR 1 - Generalized Broadband Operationally Responsive Navigator$100K
Apr 2010Federal contractDefense · (STTR Phase 1) Tracking Of Resident Space Objects With Covariance Realism$100K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR I$100K
Jan 2010Federal contractNASA · The Mrsig Will Be Able To Replace Many Of The Expensive, Highly Specialized RF Signal Generators With Cheaper Generic Boxes That Can Be Customized As The Technologies Are Updated. Mrsig Boxes Can Be Utilized Throughout The Entire RF Hardware Development Cycle, From The Breadboard To The Flight Stages. Their Relatively Low Cost Point Will Allow More Simulators In The Labs, And Less Resource Contention For Developing Projects. The Portability Of The Mrsig Lends Itself Readily To Testing Outside Th$100K
Jan 2010Federal contractNASA · United States Spaceports Carry Out The Critical Task Of Launching And Recovering Vehicles And Payloads. These Are Extremely Unique And Expensive Assets, And Their Successful Deployment, Operation, And Recovery Are Essential To Our Nation's Scientific Discovery, Economic Prosperity, And National Security. Surveillance And Weather Monitoring Are Significant Factors In Enabling Safe, Secure, Reliable, And Cost Effective Operations. Ranges Encompass Large Marine Regions That Are Expensive To Monitor$600K
Jul 2009Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase III Emergent Space Technologies Ground Enterprise Management System Support$380K
Feb 2009Federal contractNASA · Emergent Space Technologies Inc. Proposes To Develop The Ground Enterprise Management System (gems) For Spacecraft Ground Systems. Gems Will Provide Situational Awareness For Distributed Ground Systems, And An Understanding Of How Events And Automated Actions Impact The System In Real-time. Recent Software Advancements Have Improved Sustainability, Extensibility, Fault Tolerance, And Ease Of Automation For Ground Systems. These Traits Are Important For Nasa's Missions, From Exploration To Earth $749K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Support To The NASA Wallops Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (wacool) For Integration, Testing, Maintenance, And Operation Activities For The Ocean Atmosphere Sensor Integration System (oasis) Solar Autonomous Surface Vehicle (asv) Project. Support Will Be Provided For Platform And Ground System Integration, Testing, And Maintenance, As Well As Field Operations In Support Of Science And Engineering Missions.$16K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Marine Asv Range Surveillance System United States Spaceports Carry Out The Impressive Task Of Launching And Recovering Spacecrafts And Payloads Which Represent Extremely Unique And Expensive Assets. The Successful Deployment, Recovery, And Operation Of These Assets Are Essential To Our Scientific Discovery, Economic Prosperity, And National Security. Range Surveillance Is A Significant Factor In Enabling Safe, Reliable, And Cost Effective Operations. Our Ranges Encompass Large Ocean Regions Th$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Picosats For Autonomous Rendezvous And Docking Technology Demonstration Over The Next Decade, A Host Of New Technologies And Capabilities Will Be Needed By NASA To Support Project Constellation. For Risk Reduction Considerations, It Is Desirable That They Be Flown On Other Missions Prior To Use On Vehicles Such As Orion Or Altair. An Innovative And Cost-effective Approach To Doing So Is To Use Picosats, Which Are Miniaturized Spacecraft With Masses On The Order Of A Few Kilograms. Because Of Th$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · He Objective Of This Proposal Is To Research, Design And Develop An Automated Real-time Targeting And Guidance (artguid) Software For Precision Lunar Landing And Descent. The Software Tool Will Be Reliable, Extensible, Scalable And Verifiable Based On The Complex Mission-driven Requirements On The Altair Lunar Lander And Other Landers For Nasa's Future Exploration Missions. It Will Provide An Integrated Real-time Targeting, Guidance, Navigation And Control (tgnc) Capability To Perform Autonomous$100K
Jan 2008Federal contractNASA · Spacecraft Ground Systems Are On The Cusp Of Achieving Plug-and-play Capability (i.e. They Are Approaching The State In Which The Various Components Can Be Quickly Integrated With Near-automatic Interoperability). When Properly Architected Such Systems Offer Advantages Over Their Traditional Counterparts Such As Improved Upgradeability And Extensibility. They Can Also Be More Easily Automated And Can Provide Better Fault Tolerance. These Characteristics Are Important For All NASA Spacecraft From$98K

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06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
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