Outward Technologies
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