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.
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Firefly Aerospace has been selected to develop an analytical framework for aggregated on-orbit spacecraft hubs in support of DARPA’s 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study.
DARPA’s LunA-10 initiative seeks solutions for shareable, scalable systems that can be commercially available on and around the Moon by 2035.
Redwire will work with the LunA-10 team to develop a cislunar architecture addressing the three DARPA solicited thrust areas: Transit/Mobility, Energy, and Communications.
Redwire Corporation has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to conduct research and develop technologies as part of the 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) study.
DARPA selected companies ranging from small startups to established aerospace corporations to participate in LunA-10.
LunA-10 participants will provide a final report to DARPA in June 2024.
GITAI USA Inc. is selected to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study.
The LunA-10 capability study will be a research and development initiative led by Sierra Space under the DARPA contract.
DARPA announced on 2023-12-05 that 14 companies will collaborate over the next seven months on the 10-Year Lunar Architecture, or LunA-10, study.
On 2023-12-05 Firefly Aerospace was selected to develop an analytical framework for aggregated on-orbit spacecraft hubs in support of DARPA’s 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study.
Redwire will work with the LunA-10 team to develop a cislunar architecture addressing the three DARPA-solicited thrust areas: Transit/Mobility, Energy, and Communications.
DARPA’s LunA-10 seeks solutions for shareable, scalable systems that can be commercially available on and around the Moon by 2035.
Redwire Corporation has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to conduct research and develop technologies as part of the LunA-10 10-Year Lunar Architecture study.
Telesat Government Solutions was awarded the Phase 2 contract of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program.
Telesat Government Solutions was awarded the Phase 2 contract of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program.
The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) was established with the support of DARPA to create an industry forum for standards and best practices in the emerging satellite servicing field.
USSF-25 will launch the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO).
USSF-25 will launch DARPA’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) nuclear thermal spacecraft.
The launch of Sputnik prompted the formation of DARPA and NASA.
The DARPA program that involved Charles River Analytics ended in 2020, after which the company continued to develop the augmented and mixed reality tool into a commercial product named Kwyn Solar.