NASA awards Redwire $4 million for space drug development research

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NASA Awards Redwire $4 Million In Additional Funding to Support Trailblazing Drug Development in Microgravity

March 11, 2026 7:00 AM EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defense technology solutions, today announced that NASA has awarded the company an additional $4 million to support new drug development investigations on the International Space Station (ISS) using Redwires Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory (PIL-BOX) technology. This additional funding expands an existing task order under a $25 million, five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through NASAs In Space Production Applications (InSPA) program.

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