Located in Louisville, Colorado, the new 120,000-square-foot facility, known internally as Innovation drive, is built from the ground up to enable scalable production of large deployable antennas. It combines engineering, precision manufacturing, and integration under one roof, giving Tendeg the capacity to deliver flight-proven hardware at the speed and scale today’s national security and commercial missions demand.
Why It Matters
Space is shifting from bespoke, one-off systems to proliferated constellations with hundreds of satellites. Antennas, once viewed as niche components, are now strategic infrastructure. By investing early in industrial capacity, Tendeg is ensuring that its purpose-built antenna manufacturing facility gives the United States has a trusted, domestic source for these critical systems.
What’s Inside Innovation Drive
- Scalable production lines to support high-volume builds.
- Dedicated integration bays for large-aperture reflectors.
- Vertical integration of design, manufacturing, and testing, reducing cost and schedule risk.
Why a Purpose-Built Manufacturing Facility?
With more than two dozen antennas already successfully deployed on orbit, Tendeg has demonstrated flight heritage. Now, with Innovation Drive, the company is doubling down on delivery capability and positioning itself as both an innovation leader and a manufacturing powerhouse.
Tendeg sees this milestone as more than just a building. It’s the foundation for the next decade of space infrastructure, where antennas form the backbone of communication, sensing, and national defense.
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