The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is a research and development arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. IARPA focuses on high-risk, high-payoff research to address challenges facing the intelligence community, including those in the space domain. One of IARPA's space-related activities includes the Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) program, which aims to develop technologies for detecting, tracking, and characterizing small, currently untrackable space debris. IARPA partners with various organizations including Advanced Space, BlackSky and academic institutions like MIT Lincoln Laboratory to develop cutting-edge technologies and transfer research results to agencies like the Space Force and NASA.
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BlackSky Technology Inc. received a $4,400,000 award from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) on 2022-07-14 to support the second phase of the multi-year Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique (SMART) Program.
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity posted a request for information on 2022-02-10 seeking innovative approaches to detect and track currently undetectable orbital space debris.
IARPA awarded SMART research contracts through a competitive broad agency announcement to teams led by Accenture Federal Services, Kitware, BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, and Systems & Technology Research.
BlackSky was awarded a multi-phase, multi-year research contract by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) on 2021-01-06.
Lockheed Martin received $11,900,000 from IARPA for geostationary imaging work.
IARPA set 2021 as the deadline for the four companies designing imaging systems for the geostationary arc to demonstrate their work.
Honeywell received $8,700,000 from IARPA for geostationary imaging work.
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity allocated $45,000,000 among four companies in April to image objects in geostationary orbit with 50-centimeter resolution or better and to complete data collection preferably within one hour.
Boeing received $12,400,000 from IARPA for geostationary imaging work.
Eleven companies competed for IARPA funding to develop ground-based geostationary imaging capabilities.
IARPA plans to seek transition partners to put demonstrated geostationary imaging solutions into operational use.
Applied Technology Associates received $12,000,000 from IARPA for geostationary imaging work.
Amon-Hen is an IARPA program focused on developing ground-based passive optical imaging approaches for geostationary orbit.