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In the late 1990s the Air Force, DARPA, and the National Reconnaissance Office collaborated on plans for a constellation of radar remote-sensing satellites but the project was canceled in the 2000 federal budget.
DARPA is assembling a team of suppliers for the Blackjack program with a goal to start launching demonstration satellites in 2022.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $13,300,000 contract to provide positioning, navigation and timing payloads for the Blackjack program.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) was awarded a $5,800,000 contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to define and manage the interfaces of satellite integration with the Blackjack program.
DARPA awarded SEAKR Engineering a $60,400,000 contract to develop the Pit Boss data processing system for autonomous satellite operations.
DARPA increased Lockheed Martin’s contract for satellite integration work for the Blackjack program by $27,300,000 on 2021-04-22.
DARPA has ordered 10 spacecraft buses from Blue Canyon Technologies.
DARPA awarded General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems a contract to support the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program.
On 2021-04-12, DARPA selected Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin to develop competing spacecraft concepts for a demonstration of nuclear thermal propulsion under the DRACO program.
DARPA awarded Lockheed Martin a $2,900,000 contract under the DRACO program.
DARPA awarded Blue Origin a $2,500,000 contract under the DRACO program.
DARPA awarded General Atomics a $22,000,000 contract to develop the nuclear reactor for the DRACO program.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a contract last year to develop a separate mission robotic vehicle called the MRV.
DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office issued a broad agency announcement soliciting proposals for the DRACO program in May 2020.
DARPA intends for the DRACO program to develop nuclear thermal propulsion technology that can achieve thrust-to-weights similar to chemical propulsion while providing two to five times the efficiency.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $22,000,000 contract to General Atomics to design a small nuclear reactor for space propulsion on 2021-04-09.
The U.S. Army is partnering with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other agencies to build sensors that detect COVID-19 proteins in the air.
Stefanie Tompkins assumed the top post at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on 2021-03-15.
DARPA has ordered 10 satellite buses so far from Blue Canyon Technologies for the Blackjack program.
DARPA plans to launch an on-orbit technology demonstration of the Pit Boss system in 2021.