Stoke wins $4.5M DIU award to prototype reusable upper stage for point-to-point space cargo delivery

Stoke won a $4.5 million Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) award to prototype a reusable upper-stage system that enables responsive, precise point-to-point cargo delivery to, through, and from space, leveraging a liquid-cooled metallic heat shield and rapid reusability to reduce costs and increase launch cadence.