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

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The first batch of DARPA’s optical terminals will be delivered this summer for integration with Blackjack satellite buses made by Blue Canyon Technologies and to be ready to launch this fall.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipJan 30, 2022CACI ramping up production of optical terminals for low Earth orbit satellites

General Atomics won a $22,000,000 DARPA contract to develop the nuclear reactor for the DRACO demonstration.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipJan 14, 2022Report: Nuclear propulsion would help military satellites maneuver out of harm’s way

Airbus OneWeb Satellites is performing subcontracts to Airbus that include work on two satellite buses for the Blackjack LEO constellation under a DARPA contract awarded to Telesat.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipJan 14, 2022Airbus books Loft Orbital order for Florida satellite factory

DARPA is investing nearly $30,000,000 in a project called Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) to demonstrate a nuclear thermal propulsion system.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipJan 14, 2022Report: Nuclear propulsion would help military satellites maneuver out of harm’s way

The team is contracted by DARPA to demonstrate swarm capabilities during the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralJan 11, 2022Raytheon Intelligence & Space drone swarm control solution shines in DARPA field exercise

Raytheon Intelligence & Space supported the fifth OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics DARPA program field exercise.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralJan 11, 2022Raytheon Intelligence & Space drone swarm control solution shines in DARPA field exercise

Research in ARCLab is funded by various sponsors including NASA, DARPA, and the National Science Foundation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralJan 4, 2022Op-ed | Is there enough room in space for tens of billions of satellites, as Elon Musk suggests? We don’t think so.

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.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipDec 20, 2021Mynaric selected by DARPA to design next-generation optical terminals

DARPA will choose some providers after phase 0 to continue into a 14-month phase to develop a bench-top model of the optical communications terminals.

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductDec 20, 2021Mynaric selected by DARPA to design next-generation optical terminals

DARPA's goal for Space-BACN is optical communications terminals that can transfer data at speeds of 100 gigabits per second and cost around $100,000 each.

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductDec 20, 2021Mynaric selected by DARPA to design next-generation optical terminals

DARPA plans to launch as many as 12 Blackjack satellites in 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GrowthDec 16, 2021Interoperability demo planned between DARPA’s Blackjack and PredaSAR satellites

PredaSAR won a $2,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force to demonstrate interoperability between its satellites and DARPA’s Blackjack constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipDec 16, 2021Interoperability demo planned between DARPA’s Blackjack and PredaSAR satellites

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.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipDec 11, 2021Parsons to develop ground operations center for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites

DARPA awarded the Parsons contract on 2021-12-10 as a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 award for a "Blackjack Prototype Ground Operations Center."

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipDec 11, 2021Parsons to develop ground operations center for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites

DARPA ordered 10 satellite buses for Blackjack from Blue Canyon Technologies and two buses from Telesat.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipDec 11, 2021Parsons to develop ground operations center for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Parsons a $10,800,000 contract to prototype a ground operations center for the Blackjack constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipDec 11, 2021Parsons to develop ground operations center for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites

DARPA’s EXTREME program developed optical components, devices, systems, architectures, and design tools using engineered optical materials (metamaterials).

Mentioned as: DARPATechnical ProductOct 27, 2021DARPA + NGA Develop Novel Optics To Field Military + Government Imaging Systems Prototypes To Support Warfighters

In 2018, DARPA partnered with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Research Directorate to transition meta-optics concepts to unmanned aerial systems optical systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Org RelationshipOct 27, 2021DARPA + NGA Develop Novel Optics To Field Military + Government Imaging Systems Prototypes To Support Warfighters

Sandia National Laboratories developed the MIRAGE tool under DARPA EXTREME and NGA Metalenses programs for large-scale metalens design and optimization using exploited symmetries.

Mentioned as: DARPAOrg RelationshipOct 27, 2021DARPA + NGA Develop Novel Optics To Field Military + Government Imaging Systems Prototypes To Support Warfighters

The PolarFire product family provides DARPA researchers with new tools to address complex problems requiring high levels of operating performance and density.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Narrative GeneralOct 12, 2021Microchip’s Low Power FPGAs To Accelerate DARPA Tech Innovations
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