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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The Advanced Space performer team is one of a select few teams chosen for Phase 2 of the IARPA SINTRA program.
Advanced Space awarded a follow-on contract to Orion Space Solutions, an Arcfield company, to support Phase 2 of the IARPA Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) program.
Orion Space Solutions conducted Phase 1 of the IARPA SINTRA program and made breakthrough discoveries in the study of ionospheric interactions induced by orbital debris.
The IARPA SINTRA program addresses detection and tracking of orbital debris objects smaller than 10 centimeters that currently remain outside the persistent tracking capabilities of existing systems.
Phase 2 of the IARPA SINTRA program will develop tools to estimate characteristics of previously untracked debris objects based on observations of plasma wave activity.
The IARPA SINTRA program was first awarded in July 2023 to investigate interactions of orbital debris with the space environment to improve detection, tracking, and characterization of lethal, non-trackable orbital debris.
Phase 2 of the IARPA SINTRA program will refine and operationalize methods for detecting and characterizing previously untracked objects through measurements of the plasma wave environment.
IARPA launched the MicroE4AI program in 2021 to develop resilient computing tools that drive innovation in microelectronics, hardware, software, and algorithm-architecture.
BlackSky Technology Inc. won a contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to advance into the final phase of the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique program.
The SRI-led SINTRA team will conduct trade studies for deploying space-based sensors hosted on future space missions and will conclude the program by testing and delivering an integrated payload to IARPA.
The SINTRA team will conduct trade studies for deploying space-based sensors hosted on future space missions and will conclude the program by testing and delivering an integrated payload to IARPA.
IARPA’s SINTRA program was awarded via a competitive Broad Agency Announcement to four teams, including a team led by SRI International as a prime contractor with support from SCOUT and Leidos.
Advanced Space LLC has been selected to apply Machine Learning capabilities to detect, track, and characterize space debris for the IARPA Space Debris Identification and Tracking SINTRA program.
Advanced Space, Orion Space Solutions, and ExoAnalytic Solutions are applying advanced Machine Learning techniques to identify small debris ranging from 0.1 to 10 centimeters under the SINTRA contract from IARPA.
IARPA awarded SINTRA research contracts through a competitive Broad Agency Announcement to four prime contractors: A-Tech, LLC; Advanced Space, LLC; SRI International; and West Virginia University Research Corporation.
IARPA awarded SINTRA research contracts through a competitive Broad Agency Announcement to four prime contractors: A-Tech, LLC; Advanced Space, LLC; SRI International; and West Virginia University Research Corporation.
IARPA is seeking ways to improve small debris-tracking capabilities including ground-based radar, tracking satellites, and optical sensors.
IARPA established the HAYSTAC program in 2022 to fund basic research and development of large-scale microsimulations of fine-grained human movement and AI reasoning engines that identify abnormal movement trajectories and generate normal ones.
L3Harris Technologies received a contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity on 2023-05-22 to provide technology to help characterize and predict human mobility.
BlackSky won a $4,400,000 contract with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to support the second phase of a multi-year space-based dynamic monitoring program.