Stanford University spinoff EraDrive was founded in 2025 by Space Rendezvous Laboratory (SLAB) director Simone D’Amico, Justin Kruger, SLAB postdoctoral fellow, and Sumant Sharma, SLAB alum and former autonomy lead at urban air mobility startup Wisk, a Boeing subsidiary. Credit: EraDrive

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Space Force awarded a $13 million contract to Silicon Valley startup EraDrive for Era-Nodes, vision-based hardware modules designed for satellite autonomy.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...