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2023年7月7日

太空推進開發基準空間係統關閉33美元的新資金基準空間係統,一個Vermont-based太空推進產品的開發,提高了3320萬美元的新資金,根據一份提交給美國證券交易委員會。係列B資金將被用於幫助公司大規模生產和交付積壓超過220的推進係統,基準CEO瑞安麥克德維特TechCrunch說。“(資金)是真的,我們如何設置自己,以便我們有資本,我們需要去履行這些合同嗎?”他說。他補充說,擴大將有助於吸引新顧客,衛星製造商或股東也加大生產和正在尋找合作夥伴,可以匹配輸出。“如果我們的客戶和建立新工廠和加大,這樣他們可以從10輛100輛一年,我們必須這樣做,”他說。進一步提高其生產能力,指標也進入一個新的40000平方英尺的辦公室,測試和生產空間伯靈頓佛蒙特州。這是一個相當大的升級從先前總部,8000平方英尺分為三個辦事處,麥克德維特說。新聞就幾周後,該公司宣布,它已減少了100人的裁員約15%。當時,麥克德維特在一份聲明中告訴CNBC,裁員是由於該公司“過渡從研發中心團隊。“基準設計並生產化工、電動和混合動力推進係統。它有開始開發一係列低毒——有時被稱為“綠色”化學推進劑係統處理在普通實驗室條件下是安全的。 The six-year-old company started manufacturing electric and hybrid systems after acquiring Alameda Applied Science Corp.’s electric propulsion tech last August. That deal has already started to pay off, with Benchmark announcing in March that it had closed contracts for nearly two dozen metal plasma thrusters, with the bulk of the first orders to be delivered this year. The company has signed deals with The Exploration Company, a European startup developing a reusable orbital capsule, U.K. in-space manufacturing startup Space Forge, orbital refueling startup Orbit Fab and in-space transportation provider Spaceflight Inc., which was acquired by Firefly Aerospace. The new capital brings Benchmark’s total funding to date to over $56 million. McDevitt said the company will name its investors in a future announcement. Source link