SpaceX provides rideshare launch services to Apex, including the Transporter-10 mission for Apex's first Aries SN1 satellite in March 2024 and Transporter-17 for Nova-1.
TRD supplies mass-produced precision-machined parts to Apex to support scaling of satellite platform manufacturing.
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Toyota Racing Development USA (TRD) supplies precision-machined structural components, including top decks, base decks, bulkheads, and pass-through cylinders, to Apex for mass production of satellite platforms.
Apex supplies its Aries satellite bus platform to NEC for a technology demonstration mission featuring high-throughput optical communications, scheduled for launch in 2027.
Apex supplies its Nova satellite bus platform to Loft Orbital (initial delivery of one Nova with options for up to nine additional, totaling up to ten), for larger SWaP missions including proliferated national security applications such as advanced sensing and communications; deliveries ongoing as of 2026.
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Program partners
Anduril— program partner · supplier3 connectionsTell me more
Apex supplies small satellite buses (including Aries platforms) to Anduril for its planned military space missions and defense-oriented capabilities; Anduril integrates AI-powered payloads, with partnership announced October 2024 and Anduril payload on Apex SN1.
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Apex supplies satellite buses (Aries bus) to Anduril for its self-funded 2025 space mission and configurable satellite platforms; Anduril builds payloads for Apex buses.
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Anduril supplies Lattice C2 software as an option for Apex satellite bus customers and integrates with Apex platforms for proliferated satellite missions.
Apex collaborates with Northrop Grumman as a supplier of scalable satellite platforms to advance space-based interceptor capabilities for U.S. Space Force programs including Golden Dome initiatives.
Apex Technology supplies satellite platform technology and enters MoU/joint venture framework for scalable small-satellite mass-manufacturing capability in Europe to support HUSAT/HULEO constellations and broader needs (strategic cooperation agreement signed 2025/2026).
Apex Technology, Inc. signed a trilateral MoU with 4iG SDT and REMRED in December 2025 to establish scalable European satellite mass-production capability, supplying platform technology expertise, mass-production know-how, and collaboration on manufacturing models leveraging REMRED's engineering, integration, and testing infrastructure (REMTECH facility).
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Government awards & missions
Glade Brook Capital Partners— lead-growth-equity-investorTell me more
Glade Brook Capital Partners led Apex's additional growth funding of more than $200 million. · Growth funding for satellite production-campus expansion, vertical integration, and ahead-of-need platform manufacturing.
Apex's own financing release names Glade Brook Capital Partners as lead investor.
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Washington Harbour Partners— equity-investorTell me more
Washington Harbour Partners joined Apex as a new Series C investor and later co-led Apex's additional growth funding announced in June 2026. · Series C financing and subsequent growth funding for production expansion and vertical integration.
Apex identifies Washington Harbour Partners as a new Series C investor and as co-lead of the June 2026 financing.
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Andreessen Horowitz— existing-equity-investorTell me more
Andreessen Horowitz participated as an existing investor in Apex's Series C, after participating in earlier Apex financing. · Series C growth financing and prior venture funding.
Apex's Series C announcement identifies Andreessen Horowitz as an existing investor participating in the round.
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8VC— co-lead-equity-investorTell me more
8VC co-led Apex's $200 million Series C financing. · Series C growth financing for high-rate satellite-bus manufacturing.
Apex's financing announcement names 8VC as Series C co-lead.
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Point72 Ventures— lead-equity-investorTell me more
Point72 Ventures led Apex's $200 million Series C financing. · Series C growth financing to scale production of Apex satellite platforms.
Apex's financing announcement names Point72 Ventures as Series C lead investor.
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Air Force Research Laboratory— research-and-development-customer-awarderTell me more
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Apex a Phase II SBIR purchase order to develop a highly maneuverable six-degree-of-freedom propulsion configuration of the Aries bus. · Highly-Maneuverable Commercial Satellite Bus; DoD tactically responsive space and space-domain-awareness rendezvous/proximity-operations use cases.
Accessible federal-contract reporting identifies AFRL as the awarder, Apex as awardee, and the specific Aries development objective.
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