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Carillon to Develop Optical Satcom Tech Prototype for DARPA

Carillon Technologies has secured a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a system for free space optical communication between satellites. The DARPA-backed effort will focus on the development of a satellite-to-satellite communication prototype that incorporates Holographic Optical Beam Steering technology, which Lumotive is developing for automotive light detection and ranging applications, […] More

by Nichols Martin September 23, 2021, 11:48 am
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Northrop Books DARPA Phase 2 Contract for PNT Payload Development

Northrop Grumman has secured a $13.3 million contract to continue developing a software-defined positioning, navigation and timing payload as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Blackjack program. The company’s Future PNT Systems Operating Unit in Woodland Hills, which assists DARPA Tactical Technology Office’s mission of attaining low Earth orbit national security space capabilities, […] More

by Carol Collins September 17, 2021, 11:40 am
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Lockheed to Continue Blackjack Satellite Integration Work With DARPA
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DARPA Picks Research Teams for Geopolitical Influence Detection Tool Development Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected research teams for a program that seeks to build automated tools and techniques to help analysts detect, track and characterize geopolitical influence campaigns online. DARPA said Thursday the research teams selected for the Influence Campaign Awareness and Sensemaking program will be led by Smart Information Flow Technologies, […] More

by Jane Edwards September 7, 2021, 11:34 am
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BAE to Resume Development of Semi-Autonomous Mission Planning Software for DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems‘ U.S. business arm a contract to continue developing mission planning software that can operate semi-autonomously. The phase two contract extends BAE’s existing work with Uncharted Software and Carnegie Mellon University to develop the Multi-domain Adaptive Request Service under the Adapting Cross-Domain Kill-Webs program, BAE said Tuesday. […] More

by Nichols Martin September 1, 2021, 11:39 am
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Stephen Forbes: Microchip Supply Shortage Affects DARPA Satellite Program

The shortage of microchip supply due to the COVID-19 pandemic is slowing down the progress of satellite efforts under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a program manager told SpaceNews Thursday. Stephen Forbes, Blackjack program manager, said DARPA is eyeing to launch 12 satellites into low Earth orbit by 2022 but the disruption in the […] More

by Carol Collins August 27, 2021, 11:44 am
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Boeing’s Aurora Subsidiary, Lockheed Receive DARPA OK to Begin X-Plane Software Development

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has given Boeing‘s Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary and Lockheed Martin the green light to develop technology for an active flow control X-plane development project. DARPA said Thursday the first phase of its Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors will focus on software and system requirements development, initial designs […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman August 27, 2021, 11:43 am
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DARPA Announces Proposers Day for ‘Assessing Immune Memory’ Program Solicitation

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a virtual proposers day on Aug. 27 to discuss the broad agency announcement for the Assessing Immune Memory Program. DARPA officials will talk about the development initiative for a tool planned to examine the immune memory responses of military service members to vaccination, a notice on SAM.gov […] More

by Angeline Leishman August 16, 2021, 11:30 am
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DARPA Names Research Teams Participating in Quantum RF Receiver Development
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LongPath Seeks to Commercialize Frequency Comb-Based Tech for Methane Leak Detection

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder that worked on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Spectral Combs from UV to Thz program spun off a small business, LongPath Technologies, to bring to market a methane detection technology using optical frequency combs. “LongPath now offers commercial products to oil and gas companies […] More

by Jane Edwards August 2, 2021, 6:50 am
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USAF Taps Rhea Space Activity to Investigate Propulsion System for Space Force Comms Spacecraft

Rhea Space Activity has received an award to research and develop a solar-thermal propulsion system that could be used by the U.S. Space Force for a deep-space lunar communications spacecraft. The company said Monday it will investigate a bi-modal propulsion system for the Scorpius spacecraft through a phase one award under the U.S. Air Force’s […] More

by Nichols Martin July 20, 2021, 11:51 am
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DARPA Deploys Laser Communications Demo Satellites for Blackjack Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched two spacecraft under the Blackjack program in an effort to demonstrate advanced laser communications terminals. DARPA said Wednesday the pair of Mandrake 2 satellites reached orbit in late June as part of the SpaceX Transporter 2 launch and are currently undergoing checkout and commissioning. The agency considers […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 9, 2021, 12:07 pm