Industry & Government Collaboration
The University of Colorado Boulder enjoys strong relationships with aerospace industry and government entities. AeroSpace Ventures (ASV) serves as a front door for our partners to identify opportunities for collaboration with CU Boulder in the realms of sponsored research, education and workforce development.
Connect with Us
Through ASV, industry and academia work together to accomplish the nation's academic, commercial, civil and government aerospace goals. From conducting joint research and participating in education programs to engaging engineering services and supporting legacy needs (such as student scholarships), there are numerous opportunities to partner with campus aerospace activities for mutually beneficial outcomes.
Connect with Students
Aerospace companies and government agencies can connect with CU Boulder students through the campus recruitment platform Handshake. The CU Boulder Career Services Office and ASV both provide a variety of mechanisms to engage with students for hiring, internships and co-ops.
To learn more about the resources available to you, please visit the CU Boulder Career Services Office website.
Research
- Fundamental and applied
- Joint research
- Technology transfer
- SBIR/STTR partnerships
Education
- Student projects
- Guest lectures
- Interns, co-ops, PT/FT hires
- Distance professional development
Services
- Facilities use
- Special tests
- Contract work
- More
Sponsorship
- Scholarships
- Advisory boards
- Endowed chairs
- Endowed programs
To connect with the university about a specific project or opportunity, please contact Ryan Nalty: ryan.nalty@colorado.edu.
Explore some of CU Boulder's foundational aerospace collaborations with our partners below.
AeroSpace Ventures Founding Partners
Ball Aerospace supports critical missions for national agencies such as the Department of Defense, NASA, NOAA and other U.S. government and commercial entities. The company develops and manufactures spacecraft, advanced instruments and sensors, components, data exploitation systems and RF solutions for strategic, tactical and scientific applications.
Blue Canyon Technologies is a privately-held small business bringing high-performance, affordable solutions to space missions. BCT specializes in small spacecraft component design and development, manufacturing, testing and operations for both government and commercial aerospace organizations. This includes satellite components for classes of small, micro, nano and CubeSats.
Braxton Technologies delivers Command & Control systems for space, atmospheric and ground operations. Braxton’s ACE Premier™ product suite for satellite ground operations empowers the mission controller, spacecraft operator and test conductor with the tools needed for hands-on and automated spacecraft and payload design, planning, rehearsal, testing and verification.
Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems Company designs, develops, tests, manufactures and operates a full spectrum of advanced systems for national security, civil and commercial customers—including human space flight systems; a full range of satellites and instruments; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft; laser radar; fleet ballistic missiles; and missile defense systems.
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)'s Space Systems, based, in Louisville, Colo., designs and manufactures advanced spacecraft, space vehicles, rocket motors and spacecraft subsystems and components for the U.S. Government and commercial customers, as well as for the international market. SNC’s Space Systems has participated in over 400 successful space missions.
Surrey Satellite Technology is the world's premier provider of operational and commercial satellite programs, with over 220 years of on-orbit experience gained from over 40 successful satellite launches. Surrey supplies complete in-house design, manufacture, launch and operation of small satellites, including remote sensing, navigation, avionics subsystems, and more.
Campus Partners
ASV works closely with all of our academic partners and the following CU offices to establish collaborative partnerships: