Metropolitan State University Secures Air Force Contract to Create Research Lab

York Space Systems and Metropolitan State University of Denver won a U.S. Air Force contract to investigate ways to reduce the cost and speed delivery of high-quality satellite imagery.

Under an Air Force Small Business Technology Transfer study announced June 23, York will pair its commercial spacecraft and open-standard payload interfaces with MSU Denver’s commercial software and tools to optimize space imagery applications.

The contract also supports a plan by MSU Denver’s Department of Aviation and Aerospace Science to create a Laboratory for Enhanced Space Data Analytics to house automated test software and initial analytics for imagery products. Within the laboratory, MSU Denver students will investigate promising approaches to commercial image enhancement. READ MORE>>>