NEWCRAFT
AEROSPACE
Manufacturing the Infrastructure of Space
A New Model for Spacecraft Manufacturing
The traditional aerospace industry was built around vertically integrated companies that design, own, and manufacture proprietary spacecraft platforms, including much of the avionics components.
While this approach served early space missions, it introduces inefficiencies when large numbers of satellites must be produced for constellation deployment.
NewCraft Aerospace operates a horizontal manufacturing model that separates system design from spacecraft serial production.
Mission architectures can be developed independently by customers or specialised systems engineering firms. NewCraft then provides the manufacturing capability required to produce spacecraft efficiently and at scale.
This structure allows spacecraft to be built using industrial production principles rather than repeated engineering programmes, enabling faster deployment and more efficient constellation economics.
Furthermore, it significantly reduces CapEx requirements for service providers and spacecraft system designers.
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Precision Space Manufacturing
Precision Manufacturing for Space Systems
Manufacturing and integration capability across the full spacecraft lifecycle.
Manufacturing & integration of spacecraft platforms designed for constellation deployment and mission-specific applications.
Production and test of precision aerospace components and subsystems used in spacecraft avionics and space infrastructure.
As a company based around robust and high reliability electro-mechanical systems, NewCraft can also build products such as drones, launchers and defence equipment. If you supply the recipe, we build your system at significantly reduced cost.
Constellation Economics
The deployment of satellite constellations requires spacecraft to be produced efficiently and at scale. Traditional vertically integrated models carry platform IP ownership and Prime Contractor facility overhead into every spacecraft produced.
NewCraft's manufacturing approach changes this structure.
Potential reduction in constellation deployment costs
By separating mission architecture from manufacturing, spacecraft production can focus on using repeatable industrial processes rather than repeated platform development costs.
Architecture
Service providers and Mission designers retain ownership of system architecture 'recipe', preventing supplier lock-in and enabling flexible supply chains.
Production
Once a spacecraft design is qualified, additional satellites can be produced through repeatable manufacturing processes.
Lower constellation deployment costs improve the viability of space-enabled services and reduce the capital required to move missions from concept to operation.
Industrial Capability
NewCraft Aerospace focuses on the manufacturing tier of the space economy, providing the infrastructure required to produce spacecraft efficiently.
Key capabilities include:
Supply Chain
NewCraft will work from your recipe (Bill of Materials) and undertake all procurement, incoming inspection/verification, traceability and suitable storage. Where required, reprocessing of parts to suit a Tin-Lead solder flow, de-Golding etc. can be performed.
Manufacturing
Assembly and integration of spacecraft platforms and mission-specific systems.
Integration
Structured integration and verification processes ensuring spacecraft readiness for flight.
Systems Test
Testing and calibration of power, communications, AOCS, data handling and payload. Mass properties, centre of mass, moments of inertia can be performed.
Environmental Testing
Facilities for stress testing including vibration and thermal cycling. All operations performed in a controlled environment, supporting contamination, humidity and electrostatic sensitive spacecraft assembly.
Harnessing
Manufacturing of space-grade electrical harness systems connecting spacecraft subsystems.
Together, these capabilities enable spacecraft to move from design to flight-ready hardware through structured manufacturing processes.
Space missions emerge from collaboration between mission designers, payload developers, analytics companies, and launch providers. NewCraft operates within a broader innovation environment that supports the development of these capabilities.
The Cape Constellation ecosystem provides infrastructure where emerging space technology companies and mission designers can develop payloads, sensors, and space-enabled services.
As missions mature and move toward deployment, NewCraft provides the manufacturing capability required to translate those designs into operational spacecraft.
Manufacturing the Infrastructure of Space
The expansion of the global space economy will require spacecraft to be produced efficiently and deployed at scale. NewCraft Aerospace supports this transition by providing manufacturing capability designed for repeatability, efficiency, and constellation deployment. Through a horizontal manufacturing model and an efficient production environment, NewCraft enables the next generation of space missions to move from concept to orbit.
