The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is turning to commercial space companies to solve logistical challenges, prioritizing reentry technology and point-to-point space cargo delivery. These emerging capabilities offer potential solutions to critical problems, such as delivering supplies to inaccessible areas or contested zones, in under two hours, payloadspace.com reports.

• DoD Investments: Contracts totaling over $150 million have been awarded recently, targeting scalable innovations for cargo, medical supplies, and humanitarian relief.
• Key Technologies: Reentry systems allow supplies to remain in orbit until needed, while suborbital rockets provide rapid, global cargo delivery.

Fenwick is proud to represent innovators collaborating with the government to tackle these challenges. The lessons from their work—leveraging public-private partnerships and scaling transformative tech—offer a roadmap for startups aiming to enter the defense sector in 2025 and beyond.