York Space Systems

York Space Systems is the U.S. Department of Defense’s leading provider within the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (“PWSA”) as of September 2025, ranking first by number of spacecraft operating in orbit, number of contracts, and diversity of contract types. The company has become a partner of choice for customers by outperforming traditional primes on cost, deployment speed, and capability sophistication. York Space Systems manufactures satellites at roughly half the cost of competing providers and was the first to deliver and launch satellites for the PWSA. It is also the first and only company to demonstrate Link-162 connectivity from space, underscoring its distinctive technical innovation.

York Space Systems is purpose-built to meet evolving national security space requirements and to respond to the U.S. government’s shifting mission needs and procurement priorities, where cost efficiency, agility, rapid capability delivery, and proven performance increasingly shape customer decisions. The company delivers mission-critical solutions in an environment with zero tolerance for error, positioning it to capture a disproportionate share of growth in its core markets. York Space Systems offers a vertically integrated, full-stack technology solution that spans spacecraft design, production, integration, and operations, along with turnkey services to manage spacecraft and constellations throughout the entire mission lifecycle. The company has substantial space heritage, with 74 missions flown, 17 products with flight heritage, and more than four million on-orbit hours. As a prime, York Space Systems can monetize the full space value chain—from launch to mission operations, spacecraft to payloads, and edge computing to data transfer.

York Space Systems was founded in 2012 by CEO Dirk Wallinger to build an innovative mission-prime space technology company capable of addressing emerging national security threats from space by delivering mission-critical spacecraft at scale, more rapidly, and at lower cost.