Sci-Tec Inc.

Sci-Tec Inc. is a US company specialising in space-based sensors, signal processing, and infrared detection systems for national security applications. The company provides components and subsystems for satellite-based surveillance, missile warning, and space domain awareness programmes within the US defence and intelligence communities. On 24 April 2026 Sci-Tec was named among eleven awardees of the US Space Force's $3.2 billion Other Transaction Authority pool for Golden Dome space-based interceptor prototypes.

Sci-Tec's sensor and signal processing expertise is directly relevant to the detection layer of a space-based Ballistic missile defence architecture. Space-based interceptors require persistent infrared tracking of Ballistic Missiles from boost phase through mid-course; Sci-Tec's capabilities in this area represent the sensing layer that feeds targeting data to physical interceptors. The company's inclusion alongside hardware manufacturers and software integrators reflects the architecture's layered structure.

As a non-traditional defence company operating in a niche sensor capability, Sci-Tec benefits from the OTA structure's removal of FAR compliance barriers. Its participation in a $3.2 billion pool alongside heritage primes with existing missile defence sensor programmes represents an expansion of its customer base from classified signals intelligence into a publicly acknowledged missile defence context for the first time.