Craft Prospect shortlisted in three categories at Made in Scotland Awards 2026
Glasgow-based space engineering company Craft Prospect has been shortlisted in three categories at Insider Media’s Made in Scotland Awards 2026.
The awards celebrate the very best of Scottish manufacturing, business, and innovation, recognising the companies and people helping drive Scotland’s economy forward.
Craft Prospect has been shortlisted in the following categories:
🏆Engineer/Leader of the Year: Steve Greenland, Managing Director, Craft Prospect
🏆Engineering Manufacturer of the Year: Craft Prospect
🏆Product Innovation of the Year: Craft Prospect, OPS-SAT VOLT (Versatile Optical Laboratory for Telecoms)
The triple shortlisting is a proud moment for the Craft Prospect team and reflects the company’s continued growth, technical ambition, and engineer-led approach to developing advanced space technologies from Scotland.
Steve Greenland’s shortlisting for Engineer/Leader of the Year recognises his role in building Craft Prospect from the ground up. Now in its 10th year, the company has grown from a small Glasgow start-up into an ambitious space engineering business delivering complex, collaborative missions and technologies across the UK and international space sector.
Recognition for OPS-SAT VOLT in the Product Innovation of the Year category highlights the ambition and breadth of the mission. Led by Craft Prospect, OPS-SAT VOLT brings together optical communications, quantum key distribution, hyperspectral imaging, and onboard autonomy in a single CubeSat mission, supporting the company’s wider mission to deliver Smart Secure Space.
Craft Prospect is delighted to be shortlisted alongside so many impressive Scottish companies and innovators, and proud to be part of Scotland’s thriving manufacturing and space technology ecosystem.
The Made in Scotland Awards 2026 are sponsored by National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, NT Engineering & Manufacturing, and Maggie’s Centres.
Congratulations to all of our fellow shortlistees!
Check out the full shortlist and learn more about the awards ceremony here: https://www.insidermedia.com/event/made-in-scotland-awards-2026/shortlist
