COMPANIES · SPACE INFRA

Redwire

Redwire Corporation makes the parts that other people's spacecraft are built from - roll-out solar arrays, deployable structures, avionics - and runs in-space manufacturing and research experiments. In June 2025 it bought Edge Autonomy, a maker of uncrewed aircraft, pushing it into defense drones as well as space hardware.

AI-adjacentSpace infra
What it does

Redwire Corporation makes the parts that other people's spacecraft are built from - roll-out solar arrays, deployable structures, avionics - and runs in-space manufacturing and research experiments. In June 2025 it bought Edge Autonomy, a maker of uncrewed aircraft, pushing it into defense drones as well as space hardware.

Why it matters

Power is the binding constraint on any plan to put computers in orbit, and Redwire's solar arrays are among the few flight-proven options - it is supplying them for the first module of Axiom Station. It sells hardware, not AI.

How it makes money

Space primes, NASA, commercial station developers and defense customers pay Redwire for components, structures, in-space manufacturing services and uncrewed aircraft.

Geography

United States

AI stack position

Space and next-generation infrastructure. Launch providers, satellite builders and operators, ground networks and the first attempts at running computing in orbit. Most of these companies have no AI business today; they are on this map because of what they carry, connect or build for the companies that do. Open the space lens.

Competitors

Connections (2)

Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.

Dated or announced (1)

Redwire is contracted to supply solar arrays to Axiom Space
SuppliesDated / announced
Redwire said it was awarded a contract to provide roll-out solar array wings for Axiom Space's Payload Power Thermal Module, the first module of Axiom Station, which Axiom anticipated launching toward the end of 2027.

Source: 2025-09-25 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: A contract award for future delivery. The value is not disclosed, no hardware is established as delivered or flown, and the 2027 launch date is a target rather than a scheduled event.

Redwire Awarded Contract to Provide Roll-Out Solar Arrays for Axiom Space's First Space Station Module ↗

Comparisons (1)

Rocket Lab competes with Redwire
Competes withComparison only
Rocket Lab said it manufactures spacecraft and satellite components that have enabled more than 1,700 missions, an overlapping market with Redwire's solar arrays, deployable structures and spacecraft components business.

Source: 2026-05-07 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Product/market overlap

Limits: The cited source does not name Redwire. 'Enabled more than 1,700 missions' is a cumulative company claim, not a revenue or share figure, and this row does not establish that the two compete for any specific component contract.

Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2026 Financial Results ↗
Evidence for this profile

Redwire Completes Acquisition of Edge Autonomy ↗
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