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Outward Technologies

HardwareBroomfield, Colorado, United StatesFounded 2017· One of 1734 Hardware companies tracked by AMPulse

Space mechanisms and systems company developing concentrated solar power technologies for lunar resource extraction, in-space manufacturing, and additive construction using regolith as feedstock.

CEO / Founder
Ryan Garvey
Team Size
11-50
Stage
Growth Stage
Latest Round
Grant
Key Investors
NASA; National Science Foundation; Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Technology & Products

Key Products

Lunar Articulating Mirror Array (LAMA); Sintering End Effector for Regolith (SEER); Multi-Stage Oxygen and Regolith Resource Extractor (MORRE); In-Space Solar Welder; Feed and Removal of Regolith for Oxygen Extraction (FaRROE); Solar Concentrator Unit for Low-Cost Metal Additive Manufacturing

Differentiation

Value Proposition

Concentrated solar-powered additive manufacturing and resource extraction on the Moon using locally available regolith as feedstock, eliminating the need for Earth-supplied binders or additives.

How They Differentiate

Uses concentrated solar energy (CSE) directly — no lasers, no furnaces, no binders. The same hardware platform (mirror arrays + SEER) can sinter regolith for construction, weld metals in-space, extract oxygen, and refine metals — all powered by sunlight available on the lunar surface.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

NASA, space agencies, and commercial space companies developing lunar infrastructure and in-space manufacturing capabilities.

Industry Verticals

Space; Aerospace; Defense; Lunar Infrastructure; In-Space Manufacturing; Resource Extraction

Competitors

ICON (lunar construction 3D printing); Redwire (in-space manufacturing); Masten Space Systems (lunar ISRU)

Growth & Milestones

Major Milestones

2017: Company founded; 2019: NSF SBIR Phase I grant for solar 3D printer; 2020: NASA SBIR Phase I for SEER; 2022: NASA SBIR Phase II ($790K) for SEER; 2022: Colorado OEDIT grant ($250K); 2022: NASA TECP for large-scale lunar 3D printing; 2023: Three NASA contracts ($900K each) for solar welder, lunar construction, and oxygen reactor; 2023: NASA MORRE award for metal extraction; 2025: Named finalist in Aviation Week Space Tech Challenge Awards

Notable Customers

NASA

https://outward.tech/

Recent coverage of Outward Technologies

Official records

Filings, certifications, and programme counts AMPulse can show for this company.

  • [F] SBIR/STTR · 4 AM awards · latest 2022
  • [F] Sintering End Effector for Regolith · 2022 · USD 790,349
  • [F] SBIR Phase II: Solar Concentrator Unit for Low-Cost Metal Additive Manufacturing · 2020 · USD 950,618
  • [F] Solar Concentrator Oxygen Reactor with Continuous Heating and Extrusion of Regolith · 2020 · USD 124,907
  • [F] SBIR Phase I: Solar Concentrator Unit for Low-Cost Metal Additive Manufacturing · 2019 · USD 224,877

AM patents

AM-relevant patents linked to this company.

Patents
1
Granted
1
Families
1

Leading domains: equipment (1), material (1), process (1)

Filings by year: 2019: 1

  1. Light concentrator system for precision thermal processes11162713 · US

Funding rounds

  • Grant$156,5002023-06Lead: NASA · Source: NASA Award (MORRE)
  • Grant$900,0002023-04Lead: NASA · Source: NASA Contract (Solar Welder)
  • Grant$900,0002023-04Lead: NASA · Source: NASA Contract (Lunar Surface Construction)
  • Grant$900,0002023-04Lead: NASA · Source: NASA Contract (Oxygen Reactor)
  • Grant$189,9152022-12Lead: NASA · Source: NASA TECP Cooperative Agreement