[4][5] The specialties of DSS are systems engineering, spacecraft design, development, integration and testing, deep space mission operations, and high-definition space-qualified cameras.
In 2006, Lockheed Martin won the contract for the Orion spacecraft with the collaboration of Deep Space Systems,[3] and in 2009, DSS was named NASA's Johnson Space Center Small Business Subcontractor of the Year, for its work on Orion's avionics system.
[3] While collaboration with Lockheed Martin drives the business, Deep Space Systems diversified with the development of satellite-ready cameras.
According to NASA, Deep Space Systems will be proposing a small commercial lunar rover in 2019 to carry science payloads, in addition of their design and development services to the program.
[8] DSS is also working on a lander concept focused on scouting south polar lunar resources.