Turion Space

US · Aerospace · Still private

Claim this profile

Follows are private to you and power your alerts

Updated Oct 23, 2026 · turionspace.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: US
Total capital: $39.6M

Federal grants: $14.8M; 9 awards · 2022–2024; 4.5× sector median 2 awards
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $24.8M; 13 awards · Defense, NASA
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Apr 2026Federal contractDefense · Concept Development Minimum Guarantee$100K
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
May 2025Federal contractDefense · Contractor Provided Space Craft And Ground Technical Specification Sheet Delivery Order As Part Of The Requirement Specified In Section M Of The Idiq$5K
Dec 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Turion SBIR Phase II$8M
Dec 2024Federal contractDefense · Turion SBIR Phase II$16M
Jun 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Turion Space Corp Is Focused On Development Of Resilient Space Solutions, Starting With Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance And Reconnaissance (isr) And In-space Mobility And Relocation Services.$1.9M
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · Turion Space Corp Is Focused On Development Of Resilient Space Solutions, Starting With Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance And Reconnaissance (isr) And In-space Mobility And Relocation Services.$1.9M

Show 15 earlier federal awards

Jun 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Self-contained High-resolution Sensor Payload Optimized For Near Real-time Space Object Threat Characterization$1.7M
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · Self-contained High-resolution Sensor Payload Optimized For Near Real-time Space Object Threat Characterization$1.7M
Sep 2023Federal contractDefense · Reusable Biomimetic System For Autonomous On-orbit Capture And Manipulation.$1.5M
Sep 2023Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Low-Cost CubeSat for Active Removal of Sizable Space Debris Utilizing a Mothership Architecture$850K
Aug 2023Federal contractNASA · FY23 SBIR Phase III - Turion Orbital Debris Inspection Mission Concept Study$200K
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · Rapid Resolved And Unresolved Data Acquisition Utilizing Affordable Space-based Space Domain Awareness (sda) Assets$1.2M
Jul 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Reusable Biomimetic System for Autonomous On-Orbit Capture and Manipulation$1.5M
May 2023Federal contractDefense · Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (hyti) For Space-based Space Situational Awareness Applications$75K
Feb 2023Federal contractDefense · Optimizing Resource Usage Of On-orbit Servicing Spacecraft Using Artificial Intelligence In Mission Planning$1.7M
Jan 2023Federal contractNASA · EO14042 SBIR Phase I Ignite - Low-cost Cubesat For Active Removal Of Sizable Space Debris Utilizing A Mothership Architecture$150K
Nov 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · On-Orbit Image Processing for Efficient Resident Space Object (RSO) Data Collection$75K
Aug 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SWaP-C Optimized Visual Sensor System for Computer Vision Assisted RPO$250K
Aug 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Machine Learning Approach for Optimizing Real-Time Orbital Sensor Tasking$250K
Aug 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Impulse Propulsion System Enabling Low-Cost Multitarget On-Orbit Servicing$250K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · STTR I - Novel On-orbit Capture Mechanism Leveraging Reversible Adhesive$250K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

Ryan WesterdahlResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $250K in grants as PI
Tyler PierceExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

Regulatory activity · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

Rules are matched to sector, not to company. Recent activity in a sector is context rather than a signal about this business — until rules are matched to what a company actually builds, the section is shown as context and nothing more.

Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

How to read this page

Figures show associations in public records, not causes or predictions. Nothing here is investment advice. An em-dash means no record was found under this company's name, not that none exists.

Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.