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An automated composite manufacturing system that deposits and cures material in a single process.
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Startup · United States
Raven Space Systems
HQ United States
Raven builds automated, AI-enabled composite manufacturing systems for aerospace and defense. Its Microwave Assisted Deposition platform deposits, cures, and monitors critical structures in one process.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: assistance | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | — | $0 |
| FY2025 | — | $4.7M |
| FY2024 | — | $110K |
| FY2023 | — | $0 |
| FY2022 | — | $750K |
| FY2021 | $25K | $274K |
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.
Recipients (UEIs) tied to this company
- RAVEN SPACE SYSTEMS, INC. · ZJNJLNVGYLM5 · $5.9M
Each action counts for the company USAspending reported on that row, so a subsidiary's dollars count for Raven Space Systems only for the period it reported Raven Space Systems as its parent. 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. Fiscal year 2027 is partial.
Systems1
Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.
Capabilities2
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced manufacturing and materials | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-enabled composite manufacturing systems explicitly built for aerospace and defense markets. | Reported |
| Aircraft and aeronautics | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-enabled composite manufacturing systems explicitly built for aerospace and defense markets. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-enabled composite manufacturing systems explicitly built for aerospace and defense markets.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: AI-enabled composite manufacturing systems explicitly built for aerospace and defense markets.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People2
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Blake Herren | CEO and Co-founder |
| Ryan Cowdrey | Founder |
Sources5
Profile2
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "032d69d3-908f-4fa6-8b0e-e714805e9ea3"}”
- 2
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · ownership
“Type Privately Held”
Systems1
- 3
Raven Space Systems · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System
“Raven builds automated, AI-enabled composite manufacturing systems for aerospace and defense. Its Microwave Assisted Deposition platform deposits, cures, and monitors critical structures in one process.”
People2
- 4
activate.org · Supports Role
“Blake Herren is the CEO and Co-founder of Raven Space Systems.”
- 5
spacenews.com · Supports Role
“Blake Herren and Ryan Cowdrey founded Raven Space Systems in 2020 while studying engineering at the University of Oklahoma.”
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