NTR propulsion more efficient than current methods, expands options for future deep space missions DARPA, via its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program, is collaborating with NASA to […]
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DARPA soliciting for Space-WATCH tracking of LEO objects
DARPA‘s goal for their Space-WATCH program is to provide real-time, persistent tracking of all objects in LEO so that when an anomalous action occurs, operators can be notified in a […]
Redwire’s cybersecurity tech to support DARPA mission
Redwire Corporation‘s suite of space cybersecurity tools, developed with BigBear.ai, will be used by Mynaric (in the development of an advanced satellite communication (SATCOM) program that is sponsored by the […]
DARPA’s robotic servicing of GEO sats demo mission aims for a 2024 launch + Naval Research Lab + SpaceLogistics project involvement
All component-level tests are complete on DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program and the on-orbit demonstration mission is on schedule for launch in 2024 — the RSGS goal […]
General Atomics completes Nuclear Thermal Propulsion system design + test milestone
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has completed major milestones for the Track A, Phase 1 Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. Under contract from the Defense Advanced Research […]
Sikorsky + DARPA fly Black Hawk helicopter logistic + rescue missions autonomously
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Army — for the first time — how an […]
Spire Global receives DARPA contract to design a VLEO smallsat for in-situ ionosphere data capture
Spire Global, Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to deliver a preliminary design for a satellite that would carry an array of […]
DARPA selects 11 teams to develop LEO smallsat ‘Translator’ optical comms terminals
DARPA has selected 11 teams for Phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program, known as Space-BACN, that aims to create a low-cost, reconfigurable optical communications terminal that adapts […]
BAE Systems to develop COFFEE filter technology
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs™ research and development organization a $6.5 million contract for the COmpact Front-end Filters at the ElEment-level (COFFEE) […]
Blue Canyon Technologies + SEAKR Engineering deliver 1st flight unit + payloads for the DARPA Blackjack Program
Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC, and SEAKR Engineering, LLC, wholly owned subsidiaries of Raytheon Technologies, have announced that they have delivered one, Saturn-class, microsat bus and have also completed acceptance testing […]