SpaceX provided rideshare launch services for an Apex/partner mission (Apex–Anduril joint mission image and reporting reference the first joint mission launching aboard SpaceX Transporter-10), enabling in-orbit deployment of payloads integrated on Apex buses.
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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.
KSAT provides Apex with worldwide ground-station network access, mission control, and integrated mission services enabling Apex customers to operate and commission spacecraft more rapidly (announced as an alliance to combine Apex bus platforms with KSAT operations).
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.
Aetherflux (now Cowboy Space Corporation) purchased a satellite bus from Apex to host its payload as part of its early spacecraft development and demonstration efforts (purchase noted during company formation and mission design phase).
Apex (satellite bus manufacturer) announced a partnership with KSAT to provide streamlined, end-to-end mission capabilities; Apex’s configurable spacecraft bus platforms supply spacecraft hardware and manufacturing capability that enable KSAT’s mission operations and end-to-end offerings.
Apex signed a contract to deliver its first Japanese satellite bus to NEC (Apex’s first Japanese bus contract with NEC), meaning Apex will supply bus platforms to NEC for use in NEC’s spacecraft programs.
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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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Apex program partners
Anduril— program partner · supplier · 1 more roles5 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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Apex supplies standardized spacecraft buses that Anduril will use to host and rapidly deliver Anduril payloads; partnership announced to enable rapid development and delivery of space systems (Anduril uses Apex buses for missions such as space situational awareness and proliferated LEO architectures).
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Anduril supplies payloads, edge processors, and autonomy software that are integrated onto Apex’s off‑the‑shelf satellite buses; the September 13, 2024 announcement states Anduril will use Apex buses to deliver Anduril payloads for SSA, missile warning and tracking, and proliferated LEO missions.
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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.
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REMRED— strategic partner · strategic partner / supplier enabler · 1 more roles3 connectionsTell me more
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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Apex signed a strategic cooperation agreement with 4iG and REMRED to bring satellite mass-manufacturing capability to Europe; Apex's platform and manufacturing approach is presented as a cooperating technology/partner that will enable scaled MAIT and production with REMRED and 4iG.
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Under the strategic cooperation agreement, REMRED will work with Apex (and 4iG) to deploy Apex's productized satellite bus platforms and enable mass-manufacturing and production services — REMRED supplies MAIT and integration services under that cooperation.
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).
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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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