Redwire Corporation (RDW) Awarded Critical Avionics Technology Contract for ESA’s NGGM Satellites

Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW) on Thursday announced that it had received a critical avionics technology contract from SpaceTech GmbH for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM) satellites.

These satellites are ESA’s contributions to the Mass Change and Geophysics International Constellation (MAGIC), an Earth observation satellite constellation, planned by ESA and NASA, to measure fluctuations in Earth’s gravitational field.

The joint mission will involve four satellites – two GRACE satellites built through NASA and the German Aerospace Center, and two NGGM satellites developed through ESA. The constellation is expected to provide critical data related to water management applications, including sea levels, floods, glacier melts, and drought monitoring.

Redwire Space NV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW) will design and develop the engineering qualification model of the spacecraft’s ICU, which will control and manage NGGM’s primary scientific instrument. It will also be responsible for collecting and processing data, as well as communication between the instrument and other systems of the satellite.

Mike Gold, the President of Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW)’s Civil and International Space Business, stated the following on the contract award:

“We are proud to bring our unparalleled expertise in spacecraft avionics and control systems to support ESA’s contribution to this important multinational mission. Redwire’s flight-proven, high-reliability avionics is perfectly suited for the complexity of NGGM and MAGIC, and continues to enable Europe’s most game-changing missions, including IXV, Proba-2, Proba-V, and Proba-3, with additional missions scheduled for launch in the future.”

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