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Auriga Space

HQ Garden Grove, CaliforniaFounded 202311-50 employeesUpdated

One system, two domains: reusable, electromagnetic launch technology that meets the toughest missions on Earth and beyond.

StartupSpace, launch and counterspace
Website
Total raised
$14.2M
3 rounds
Last round
$4.6M
Seed · Jul 15, 2025
Prime obligations
$2.8M
Since FY2008
Prime awards
4
Every award since FY2008
Systems
4
Capabilities
1

Federal Prime Contracts$2.8M obligated · FY2024–FY2026

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Obligated
$2.8M
FY2024–FY2026
Contract actions
7
4 awards
Peak year
FY2025
$1.3M
Top buyer
U.S. Air Force
93% of obligations
Obligations by fiscal yearLast 2 full years avg $1.3MFaded: FY2026 so far; DoD publishes actions about 90 days late.
FY2024: $1.2M · 1 actionsFY2025: $1.3M · 4 actionsFY2026 (to date): $180K · 2 actions
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Obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligatedActionsAwards
FY2026 (to date)$180K22
FY2025$1.3M43
FY2024$1.2M11

Top buyers

  1. U.S. Air Force$2.6M 93%
  2. Missile Defense Agency$180K 6.5%

Defense programs

  1. MDA SUPPORT$180K 6.5%

Only actions coded to a DoD acquisition program.

What they sell (PSC)

  1. National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Applied Research$2.6M 93%
  2. National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Experimental Development$180K 6.5%

Industry (NAICS)

  1. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$2.8M 100%

Where the work is done

  1. California$2.8M 100%

Contract pricing

  1. Firm Fixed Price$2.8M 100%

Competition

  1. Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources$2.8M 100%

Largest awards4

Awards marked “Outside DoD, DHS, DOE and NASA” come from the contractor-first USAspending search of this company's awards at every agency and are not in sector totals. Awards of DoD, DHS, DOE and NASA under $10,000 net are counted in totals but not listed; find them on USAspending ↗.

Signed obligations on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending, FY2008 through Oct 9, 2026. Obligations are money the government committed, not company revenue, and include de-obligations. Subcontracts and grants are excluded. Matching is by registered UEI.

Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)

Auriga Space federal obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearDirect: contracts
FY2026 (partial)$180K
FY2025$1.3M
FY2024$1.2M

Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.

Directly matched recipients (up to 12)

UEIs matched to this organization, largest obligations first. Subsidiary recipients are not included in this list; their attributed obligations can appear in the company totals above.

Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for Auriga Space only for the period a subsidiary reported Auriga Space as its parent; reviewed links follow their reviewed dates. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. FY2026 and later are partial, as on Markets.

Funding3 rounds · $14.2M

Equity raised
$14.2M
Latest
$4.6MSeed · Jul 15, 2025
Cumulative raised$14.2M
Oct 11, 2023Jul 15, 2025

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems4

  • HermesContainerized electromagnetic launcher undergoing field testing for counter-drone applications.
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  • PrometheusGround-based electromagnetic test platform for laboratory experiments.
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  • ThorElectromagnetic test platform under development for larger test payloads.
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  • ZeusElectromagnetic space-launch platform being developed for satellite and payload deployment.
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Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities1

  • Space, launch and counterspace
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Reusable electromagnetic launch technology for missions 'on Earth and beyond' is a launch technology, but the text states no defense use.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People1

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People
PersonRole
Winnie LaiFounder and CEO

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Sources9

Profile3

  1. 1
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "94b83eb6-fee9-4ccb-b27c-bcd4d44af908"}”
  2. 2
    CompanyAuriga - Electromagnetic Launch for Space and Defense

    Auriga Space · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “One system, two domains: reusable, electromagnetic launch technology that meets the toughest missions on Earth and beyond.”
  3. 3
    DatabaseAuriga Space - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url

    “employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50)”

Systems2

  1. 4
    CompanyAuriga Space Completes First In-Field Launch of Hermes, its Containerized Electromagnetic Platform for Counter-UAS

    Auriga Space · Supports System

    “Hermes packs Auriga's electromagnetic launch platform, the same core technology already generating revenue from government and commercial customers in its operational Prometheus hypersonic test system, into a 10-foot shipping container. At a remote location in the Mojave Desert’s 100-degree heat, for the first time, the team conducted true launch tests in a realistic field environment. ”
  2. 5
    CompanyProducts - Auriga

    Auriga Space · Supports System

    “Our test platforms include Prometheus for lab-scale experiments and Thor for larger payloads currently in development.”

Funding3

  1. 6
    NewsAuriga Space raises $6M to shoot rockets off an electromagnetic launch track

    TechCrunch · Jul 15, 2025 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “The capital round was led by European firm OTB Ventures, with participation from Trucks Venture Capital and Seraphim Space.”
  2. 7
    NewsAuriga Space Secures US $5 Million In Initial Funding for Electromagnetic Space Launch

    Space Impulse Brief / Space Insider · Oct 11, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Today, we announce an initial $5M funding round to deploy electromagnetic technology for space launch.”
  3. 8
    DatabaseAuriga Space - LinkedIn company profile

    LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url

    “funding round: Seed Round, 2025-01-01, USD 4,600,000, lead: OTB Ventures”

People1

  1. 9
    NewsAuriga Space and U.S. Army DEVCOM AC partner on operationalizing electromagnetic launch technology for counter-drone defence

    sUAS News · Supports Role

    “said Winnie Lai, CEO and Founder of Auriga Space.”

Government identifiers1

UEI
MNW8ZER9Y7Z9
AURIGA SPACE, INC
Checked Oct 21, 2026

Identifiers are matched to this legal entity; related companies may hold different registrations.

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