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Diffraqtion raised $4.2 million in combined pre-seed funding and a DARPA SBIR Phase 2 contract on January 13, 2026.
Lockheed Martin won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop and demonstrate a nuclear-powered spacecraft under the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) project.
Umbra won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on 2023-05-22 to demonstrate novel collection techniques using synthetic aperture radar satellites.
DARPA plans to launch four Blackjack satellites later 2023 built on Blue Canyon buses and equipped with SEAKR radio-frequency communications payloads.
Electron has been providing access to orbit since 2018 and has successfully deployed satellites for NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office, DARPA, and the U.S. Space Force.
DARPA selected teams from academia and from large and small commercial companies for Phase 1 of Space-BACN, including multiple performers receiving Department of Defense contracts for the first time.
DARPA plans to launch the DRACO nuclear thermal propulsion demonstration in 2025.
Mynaric was selected on 2021-12-20 to participate in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Space-BACN program to develop next-generation laser communications terminals to connect government and commercial satellites.
DARPA plans to launch as many as 12 Blackjack satellites in 2022.
DARPA plans to launch as many as 12 Blackjack satellites in 2022 that will carry a mix of payloads for communications, targeting, missile warning, and navigation.
DARPA plans to launch 12 Blackjack satellites next year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare.
DARPA plans to deploy as many as 20 satellites under the Blackjack program.
DARPA plans to launch an on-orbit technology demonstration of the Pit Boss system in 2021.
DARPA plans to launch an on-orbit technology demonstration of Pit Boss in 2021.
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.
DARPA plans to deploy 20 spacecraft connected by optical inter-satellite links to demonstrate military uses of a low-Earth orbit network for communications, missile tracking, and navigation.
DARPA plans to launch as many as 20 small satellites for the Blackjack program to demonstrate a mesh network in low Earth orbit that can meet military requirements at lower cost and shorter design cycles than traditional Pentagon programs.
DARPA plans to launch the first two Blackjack satellites in late 2020 and 18 more by 2022.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to launch the first experimental satellites of the Blackjack program in late 2020 and early 2021.
Astra is the sole remaining team in the DARPA Launch Challenge and can win $2,000,000 for placing a DARPA-supplied payload into space on the first launch.