SpaceLink has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) for a contract award — the company will participate in the Space-Based Adaptive Communications […]
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DARPA initiates LEO Satellite ‘Translator’ development program
DARPA has selected 11 teams for Phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program, known as Space-BACN, which aims to create a low-cost, reconfigurable, optical communications terminal that adapts […]
Nexgen optical comms terminal to be developed by Mynaric for DARPA
Mynaric has been selected as a key development partner to create a benchtop model of a next-generation, optical communications terminal as part of Phase 1 of the Space-based adaptive communications […]
Millennium Space Systems demos advanced smallsat constellation tech
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing (NYSE: BA) company, demonstrated several new technologies – expected and unexpected — on-orbit with their RED-EYE smallsat constellation. Built for DARPA, the satellite was nicknamed […]
Scramjet-powered HAWC achieves a successful 2nd flight test by Raytheon + Northrop Grumman
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, in partnership with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), successfully completed their second flight test of the scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, […]
Significant milestone reached by Rocket Lab for the DARPA + SDA Mandrake-II mission
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has supported a significant milestone for DARPA and the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Mandrake-2 mission. In June, the two […]
SEAKR Engineering successfully demos optical communications on DARPA’s Mandrake 2 satellites
Originally scheduled for a January 2021 launch, a pre-launch incident damaged both Able and Baker satellites… SEAKR Engineering, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, announced a successful demonstration of […]
Optical Intersatellite Links In LEO Successfully Demo’d By CACI International In Partnership With DARPA + SDA + AFRL/RV
CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CACI) has successfully demonstrated space-to-space optical communications links in LEO in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
CACI Awarded DARPA Contract For Mission Software Development
CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CACI) was awarded a $20.4 million contract to provide technology, research, development, and innovation in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Mission-Integrated Network […]
DARPA Seeks Proposals For The DRACO Nuclear-Thermal Rocket In-Space Flight Demo
DARPA is seeking proposals for Phases 2 and 3 of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program for the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of a nuclear thermal […]