--- title: "Why Redwire Corporation Stock Keeps Going Up" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/287382970.md" description: "Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has seen its stock rise 12.2% over three days, driven by the announcement of two drone contracts worth tens of millions. The company will supply Stalker UAVs to the U.S. Army and Penguin Mk3 drones to a NATO ally. Additionally, Redwire awarded a subcontract to Voyager Technologies for a DARPA program. Despite this success, analysts suggest considering other stocks for investment." datetime: "2026-05-22T15:25:19.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/287382970.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287382970.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/287382970.md) --- # Why Redwire Corporation Stock Keeps Going Up ## Key Points - Redwire won two drone contracts this week, worth tens of millions of dollars combined. - The company also awarded a subcontract to its space station partner Voyager Technologies. - 10 stocks we like better than Redwire › **Redwire Corporation** (NYSE: RDW) stock is on a roll -- in more ways than one. For three days running, shares of the aerospace-space-and-defense company have hit successively higher highs, including an 12.2% run-up through 10:15 a.m. ET this morning. Driving the share price gains is Redwire's business success, and a series of contract awards announced over the past few days. _**Will AI create the world's first trillionaire?** Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. **Continue »**_ Image source: Getty Images. ## Redwire on Earth Redwire started its life as a pure-play space stock, building equipment necessary to create an industrial infrastructure in space. In 2025, however, the company came down to Earth just a bit, spending $925 million to acquire Edge Autonomy, and turning itself into a drones stock in the process. This move is already paying off. So far this week, Redwire has booked two separate drone contracts totaling tens of millions of dollars. For $15 million, Redwire will supply a third batch of Stalker surveillance UAVs to the U.S. Army's 1st Aviation Brigade, bringing total orders to $24.8 million over the last eight months. In a separate award worth "high eight-figures" (i.e., tens of millions of dollars) over a "multi-year" period, Redwire will supply Penguin Mk3 drones to an unidentified NATO ally. ## Redwire in space Redwire's third contract news of the past three days returns to its roots as a space company -- this time as a prime contractor on the DARPA "Otter" program developing air-breathing spaceplanes that can operate at very low Earth orbit (VLEO), and maneuver in and partially refuel by "breathing" in the air of Earth's upper atmosphere. Redwire will hire **Voyager Technologies** (NYSE: VOYG) as a subcontractor to help execute its DARPA contract. Voyager will supply a "high-precision Acceleration Measurement System (AMS)" that helps Redwire's spaceplane maneuver in VLEO. 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