U.S. Naval Research Lab

Brian Cassidy, the NRL program manager for TREx, noted that this effort demonstrates the benefits of early coordination and shared vision in delivering critical capabilities.

TREx connects satellite operations centers to commercial and government-owned antennas and was originally developed by NRL’s Naval Center for Space Technology.

CCOR-2 builds on NRL's CCOR-1, which operates on NOAA's GOES-19 in geostationary orbit.

Carruthers continued to work in the trailer even after formally retiring from NRL.

Later in his career, Carruthers's lab was moved into a trailer outside the main NRL building due to limited office space.

The NRL developed new capabilities to enable closer integration of surveillance data with Navy unit operations.

PARCAE utilized a multiple satellite dispenser developed by NRL engineers Peter Wilhem and Frederick W. Raymond.

The RSGS payload resided in a cryogenic thermal vacuum chamber at NRL’s Naval Center for Space Technology in Washington, D.C. during testing on 2024-10-08.

NRL completed spaceflight qualification and thermal vacuum testing of the RSGS payload on 2024-10-08.

SpaceLogistics is using the NRL-developed robotic arms for the MRV under a partnership with DARPA.

The NRL robotic arms completed thermal vacuum testing on 2024-11-14 and are now at Northrop Grumman’s satellite integration facility in Dulles, Virginia.

The Naval Research Laboratory will test the payload for compatibility with the NRL-designed robot arm.

NRL procured panchromatic and color cameras and designed LED lighting units to provide situational awareness during RSGS robotic activities.

NRL implemented machine vision, position control, collision avoidance, and compliance control algorithms in RSGS flight software, and the flight software provides command-and-control functionality and control interfaces to the spacecraft bus.

NRL’s Sensor Development & Applications section contracted Blue Canyon Technologies of Boulder, Colorado to build and integrate the two CIRCE spacecraft.