RDW Stock Gains After Redwire Bags $44M DARPA Contract To Advance Very Low-Earth Orbit Mission

As part of the contract, Redwire will use the funding to complete the manufacturing of the spacecraft and deliver it to DARPA for the agency’s Otter Very Low Earth Orbit mission.
In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Redwire, an American space infrastructure company providing innovative technologies
In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Redwire, an American space infrastructure company providing innovative technologies. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)
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Rounak Jain·Stocktwits
Published Nov 19, 2025   |   7:55 AM EST
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Redwire Corp. (RDW) on Wednesday announced that it had won a $44 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mission.

Redwire shares were up nearly 7% pre-market following the announcement. Retail sentiment on Stocktwits around the company trended in the ‘bullish’ territory at the time of writing.

As part of the contract, Redwire will use the funding to complete the manufacturing of the spacecraft and deliver it to DARPA for the agency’s Otter VLEO mission. 

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