The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency within the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for creating breakthrough technologies for national security. While not a space agency, DARPA initiates and manages high-risk, high-payoff projects relevant to space, including satellite constellations, space-based surveillance tech, lunar habitats, and advanced propulsion systems like nuclear thermal rockets. DARPA partners with various organizations, including NASA, U.S. Space Force, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, and BAE Systems, to achieve its goals. Keywords associated with DARPA's space activities include space superiority, space-based weaponry, advanced materials, and autonomous systems.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Blue Canyon Technologies deployed new satellite components on Transporter-1 that it plans to incorporate in Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency satellites.
DARPA and the Space Development Agency intended to launch two optical inter-satellite link cubesats on Transporter-1 but the satellites were accidentally damaged at the payload processing facility before launch.
Two Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency satellites sustained damage at a payload processing facility, confirmed by DARPA on 2021-01-06.
The two damaged satellites are part of the Blackjack program, a constellation effort led by DARPA, the Space Development Agency, and the Air Force Research Laboratory to deploy small satellites in low Earth orbit.
The DARPA contract with Blue Canyon Technologies includes options for DARPA to purchase up to 20 satellites for $99,400,000.
In July, Blue Canyon Technologies won a $14,100,000 DARPA contract to produce four satellite buses for the Blackjack program.
The DARPA contract for the Blackjack Program has an initial award value of $14,200,000 and a total potential value of $99,400,000 if all options are exercised.
Blue Canyon Technologies plans to deliver the Blackjack spacecraft on a rapid timeline to support the DARPA demonstration schedule, with the first spacecraft to be delivered in mid-2021.
The Critical Design Review completed the third milestone that will culminate in the first two flight buses being delivered to DARPA for payload integration in August 2021.
The Blackjack Program CDR completed the third milestone that will culminate in the first two flight buses being delivered to DARPA for payload integration in August 2021.
The Blackjack spacecraft will be delivered on a rapid timeline to support DARPA’s demonstration schedule, with the first spacecraft to be delivered in mid-2021.
The DARPA contract for Blue Canyon Technologies’ Blackjack work has an initial award value of $14,200,000 and a total potential value of $99,400,000 if all options are exercised.
Blue Canyon Technologies completed the critical design review for the Blackjack Program developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
DARPA plans to deploy up to 20 spacecraft in low-Earth orbit connected by optical inter-satellite links to provide communications, missile tracking, and navigation services.
After clearing the critical design review, Blue Canyon Technologies can start producing the first two flight buses to be delivered to DARPA for payload integration in August 2021.
The first Blackjack spacecraft will be delivered in mid-2021 to support the DARPA demonstration schedule.
DARPA awarded an initial contract value of $14,200,000 for the Blackjack Program with a total potential value of $99,400,000 if all options are exercised.
The critical design review completed the third milestone of the Blackjack Program, culminating in the first two flight buses being delivered to DARPA for payload integration in August 2021.
DARPA awarded an $18,000,000 contract to Inmarsat in 2010 for the Persistent Broadband Ground Connectivity for Spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit program.
Telesat was selected by DARPA to deploy two satellites in 2021 to demonstrate optical inter-satellite links in orbit for the Blackjack program.