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Astroport Space Technologies Earns NASA Phase II-E Award, Triggering Matching Strategic Investment from Knight Aerospace

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Partnership to Advance Extreme-Environment Modular Pallet and Lunar Surface Mobility Systems

SAN ANTONIO, October 02, 2026--Astroport Space Technologies, Inc. ("Astroport"), a premier provider of autonomous lunar construction solutions and in-situ materials manufacturing technologies, today announced that it has received a Phase II-E award from NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR/STTR) program to accelerate development of its lunar surface infrastructure and extreme-environment civil engineering technologies. The award's matching-funds requirement has been met through a strategic equity investment from Knight Aerospace ("Knight"), a global leader in specialized airborne modular systems and cargo palletization.

The joint effort unites Knight Aerospace's advanced manufacturing and modular pallet integration capabilities with Astroport's lunar site preparation architectures — including landing pads, secure haul roads, and protective infrastructure — to design, fabricate, and qualify payload integration pallets, deployment fixtures, and vacuum-rated containment systems built to withstand lunar surface gravity, extreme temperature swings, and hyper-abrasive dust.

Strategic Alignment and Shared Capabilities

Knight Aerospace, an established global leader in palletized, roll-on/roll-off systems and specialized modular air transport solutions, brings extensive manufacturing rigor, ISO/AS9100-certified engineering, and expertise in rapid-deployment containment systems. By acquiring an equity interest in Astroport, Knight Aerospace expands its operational footprint into the space domain, aligning its advanced packaging, transport, and modular container technologies with Astroport's autonomous lunar surface development capabilities.

Together, the companies will build the logistics and construction architecture of the cislunar economy while delivering tangible dual-use dividends across multiple domains:

  • San Antonio & Texas (Space Supply Chain Economy): Expanding advanced manufacturing infrastructure and creating high-skill aerospace jobs that anchor space industrial capacity in Texas.

  • The Nation (Defense, Cislunar Primacy & Workforce): Securing American primacy in cislunar logistics, point-to-point responsive rocket cargo, and sovereign space infrastructure, while building the Artemis workforce pipeline through Astroport's non-profit space education arm, the NASA-partnered WEX Foundation.

  • Earth (Dual-Use Rocket Cargo Logistics Capability, Disaster & Defense Response): Translating intermodal modular enclosures for rapid response disaster relief and extreme-environment defense operations, into containerized packaging for lunar transportation of high value assets needed for Moon Base construction.

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