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U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

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The U.S. Department of Defense, DARPA, and NASA are all developing concepts for nuclear-powered spacecraft.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralAug 31, 2022Chinese megawatt-level space nuclear reactor passes review

A DARPA-led study team is working with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Space Development Agency, and other organizations to integrate commercial, government, and military satellite communities.

Mentioned as: DARPAOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2022SpaceLink partners with Parsons for DARPA’s inter-satellite communications project

SpaceLink will work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop protocols for how commercial communications constellations will connect with defense and military systems.

Mentioned as: Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2022SpaceLink partners with Parsons for DARPA’s inter-satellite communications project

Mynaric was one of 11 companies and organizations selected by DARPA on 2022-08-10 for the Space-BACN project to develop interoperable inter-satellite links.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipAug 18, 2022Mynaric hires president to oversee production of laser communications systems

DARPA’s Space-BACN program aims to develop a low-cost, scalable optical communications terminal that can be reconfigured to work with various optical inter-satellite link standards.

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductAug 17, 2022Mynaric Selected to Develop Next-Generation Optical Communications Terminal for DARPA Program

Mynaric has been selected as a key development partner to create a benchtop model of a next-generation optical communications terminal as part of Phase 1 of DARPA’s Space-BACN program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipAug 17, 2022Mynaric Selected to Develop Next-Generation Optical Communications Terminal for DARPA Program

DARPA selected performers from academia and from large and small commercial companies for Phase 1 of Space-BACN, including multiple performers receiving first-time Department of Defense contracts.

Mentioned as: DARPAOrg RelationshipAug 12, 2022DARPA Selects 11 Teams for the First Phase of Space BACN Program

DARPA selected 11 teams for Phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) program.

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductAug 12, 2022DARPA Selects 11 Teams for the First Phase of Space BACN Program

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.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralAug 11, 2022DARPA initiates LEO Satellite ‘Translator’ development program

Mynaric has been selected as a key development partner to create a benchtop model of a next-generation optical communications terminal as part of Phase 1 of DARPA’s Space-based adaptive communications node (Space-BACN) program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipAug 11, 2022Nexgen optical comms terminal to be developed by Mynaric for DARPA

DARPA selected 11 teams for Phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program (Space-BACN).

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductAug 11, 2022DARPA initiates LEO Satellite ‘Translator’ development program

DARPA selected 11 organizations to participate in phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) program.

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductAug 10, 2022DARPA selects companies for inter-satellite laser communications project

DARPA selected 11 teams for phase 1 of Space-BACN on 2022-08-10.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipAug 10, 2022DARPA selects companies for inter-satellite laser communications project

DARPA will select some phase 1 providers to participate in an 18-month phase 2 to develop engineering design units of the optical terminal components.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipAug 10, 2022DARPA selects companies for inter-satellite laser communications project

PredaSAR's larger satellite buses can accommodate secondary payloads, including a satellite with an optical inter-satellite link to communicate with DARPA's Blackjack satellites.

Mentioned as: darpaTechnical ProductAug 9, 2022Terran Orbital prioritizes work on SDA smallsats over PredaSAR

Clint Kelly III, a retired computer sciences and robotics program manager who worked at DARPA in the 1980s, was a member of the NS-22 crew and initiated a DARPA program that eventually led to driverless cars.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralAug 4, 2022Blue Origin launches sixth New Shepard crewed suborbital flight

In the prior year, Congress appropriated $70,000,000 for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency effort to develop propulsion technologies for cislunar flight.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipJul 28, 2022Senate appropriators boost military space programs in proposed 2023 spending bill

Millennium Space worked on the Red-Eye experiment under a DARPA contract awarded in 2016.

Mentioned as: darpaOrg RelationshipJul 20, 2022Millennium Space reveals results of DARPA’s ‘Red-Eye’ smallsat experiment

Raytheon Missiles & Defense partnered with Northrop Grumman to complete a second flight test of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force.

Mentioned as: Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022Scramjet-powered HAWC achieves a successful 2nd flight test by Raytheon + Northrop Grumman

The Mandrake-2 spacecraft were developed as an early risk reduction for DARPA’s Blackjack program to demonstrate high-bandwidth optical inter-satellite links via advanced laser communication technology.

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductJul 13, 2022Significant milestone reached by Rocket Lab for the DARPA + SDA Mandrake-II mission
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