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PITTSBURGH - During the Keystone Space Conference in Pittsburgh, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger announced new investments by the Shapiro Administration to boost Pennsylvania's leadership in the aerospace sector.
Siger highlighted a $200,000 award through the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority to the Keystone Space Collaborative to support the region-wide pilot Keystone Space Innovation Challenge program.
He also announced that DCED has approved an expansion of the Greater Oakland Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) in Pittsburgh to include the growing space industry in the city's North Side.
The Keystone Space Innovation Challenge is a new program designed by the Keystone Space Collaborative in partnership with Innovation Works, a BFTDA partner, with the purpose of piloting a region-wide challenge. Winners of the challenge will receive funding to support the mission lifecycle (design, development, testing, launch and in-space operations.