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• Blue Canyon delivers first satellite bus for DARPA’s Blackjack constellation SpaceNews · 8 Sep 2022 Blue Canyon Technologies delivered the first of 10 satellite buses DARPA ordered in 2020 for its Blackjack experiment in low Earth orbit.
• SpaceLink partners with Parsons for DARPA’s inter-satellite communications project SpaceNews · 22 Aug 2022 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.
• DARPA selects companies for inter-satellite laser communications project SpaceNews · 10 Aug 2022 Eleven organizations were selected by DARPA to help develop laser terminals and technical standards to connect satellites in space.
• Millennium Space reveals results of DARPA’s ‘Red-Eye’ smallsat experiment SpaceNews · 20 Jul 2022 The DARPA-funded Red-Eye experiment demonstrated capabilities such as on-board data processing, inter-satellite communications and software-defined radios.
• Military experiment demonstrates intersatellite laser communications in low Earth orbit SpaceNews · 17 May 2022 Two small satellites launched last summer by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency successfully established an optical link during a nearly 40-minute test.
• DARPA moving forward with development of nuclear powered spacecraft SpaceNews · 4 May 2022 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on May 4 issued a solicitation for proposals for the next phase of a demonstration of a nuclear powered spacecraft.
• With all-composite cryogenic tank, Boeing eyes mass-reducing space, aviation applications NASASpaceflight · 5 Mar 2022 After a series of DARPA-supported tests of an all-composite cryogenic propulsion tank, Boeing has succeeded in advancing the new reduced-mass tank technology to Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL 6).
• Phase Four wins DARPA contract to test novel propellant SpaceNews · 16 Feb 2022 Phase Four won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to demonstrate the California startup’s radio frequency thruster technology with a new propellant.
• CACI ramping up production of optical terminals for low Earth orbit satellites SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2022 CACI will deliver 40 optical communications terminals for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Blackjack satellites in low Earth orbit.
• Report: Nuclear propulsion would help military satellites maneuver out of harm’s way SpaceNews · 14 Jan 2022 Michael Leahy, director of DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office, said nuclear propulsion could give the U.S. military an advantage over enemies by making satellites more maneuverable and less vulnerable to attack.
• Mynaric selected by DARPA to design next-generation optical terminals SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2021 Mynaric has been selected to participate in a DARPA program to develop next-generation laser communications terminals.
• Interoperability demo planned between DARPA’s Blackjack and PredaSAR satellites SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2021 PredaSAR won a $2 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to demonstrate interoperability between its satellites and the Blackjack military constellation.
• Parsons to develop ground operations center for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites SpaceNews · 11 Dec 2021 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Parsons a $10.8 million contract to prototype a ground operations center for the agency’s Blackjack constellation.
• DARPA to launch DoD’s first in-space manufacturing research program SpaceNews · 29 Nov 2021 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in a new program will explore options to conduct biomanufacturing in space, using biological systems like microbes to construct materials for use in orbital operations.
• DARPA seeking satellite laser terminals that can talk to any space network SpaceNews · 14 Sep 2021 DARPA is asking for ideas on how to make optical inter-satellite links that can connect government and commercial space communications systems in low Earth orbit.
• DARPA awards Lockheed Martin $25 million contract modification for integration of Blackjack satellites SpaceNews · 7 Sep 2021 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency increased Lockheed Martin’s contract for satellite integration work for the Blackjack program by $25.3 million.
• Northrop Grumman to supply navigation payloads for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites SpaceNews · 6 May 2021 DARPA awarded Northrop Grumman a $13.3 million contract to provide positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) payloads for the Blackjack program.
• Lockheed Martin wins $27 million contract modification for integration of DARPA’s Blackjack satellites SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2021 DARPA announced it has increased Lockheed Martin’s contract for satellite integration work for the Blackjack program by $27.3 million.
• DARPA selects Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin to develop spacecraft for nuclear propulsion demo SpaceNews · 12 Apr 2021 DARPA selected Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin to develop competing spacecraft concepts for a demonstration of nuclear thermal propulsion.
• General Atomics wins DARPA contract to develop nuclear reactor to power missions to the moon SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2021 DARPA awarded a $22 million contract to General Atomics to design a small nuclear reactor for space propulsion.
• Veteran scientist Stefanie Tompkins takes the helm at DARPA SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2021 Stefanie Tompkins on March 15 assumed the top post at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
• SEAKR wins $60 million DARPA contract to demonstrate autonomous satellite operations SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2021 DARPA awarded SEAKR Engineering a $60.4 million contract to develop a data processing system for satellites to operate autonomously.
• DARPA orders six satellites from Blue Canyon Technologies for Blackjack program SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2021 Blue Canyon has received a contract option worth $26.5 million to produce six satellites for DARPA's Blackjack program.
• DoD space agency launching experiments in preparation for 2022 satellite deployments SpaceNews · 11 Feb 2021 SDA and DARPA small spacecraft equipped with optical crosslinks will fly to orbit in SpaceX's next rideshare mission Transporter-2.
• DARPA to survey private sector capabilities to build factories on the moon SpaceNews · 7 Feb 2021 DARPA is looking to develop materials, processes and designs needed for in-space manufacturing of large structures.
• DARPA satellites damaged at processing facility ahead of SpaceX launch SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2021 Two satellites from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that were part of a SpaceX rideshare mission were damaged Jan. 4 at the payload processing facility.
• CesiumAstro founder closes in on decades-old dream SpaceNews · 17 Dec 2020 CesiumAstro has raised $29.2 million to date to establish its business of selling phased array communications and radio frequency sensing payloads for government and commercial customers including the Aerospace Corp., Ai...
• DARPA okays Blue Canyon’s satellites for Blackjack program SpaceNews · 14 Dec 2020 The satellites Blue Canyon developed for DARPA's Blackjack program — based on the company's commercial X-STAR bus — passed a critical design review.
• Telesat wins DARPA contract to manufacture satellite buses for Blackjack program SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2020
• Blue Canyon selects Orbion electric thrusters for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2020
• Tech executive Victoria Coleman named director of DARPA SpaceNews · 31 Aug 2020
• DARPA’s Stephen Forbes named Blackjack program manager SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2020
• DARPA has no plans for another space launch prize competition SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2020
• Loft Orbital satellite to carry experiment for DARPA’s Blackjack program SpaceNews · 11 Jul 2020
• Blue Canyon Technologies could produce up to 20 satellite buses for DARPA's Blackjack SpaceNews · 3 Jul 2020
• Raytheon wins $37 million DARPA contract for Blackjack payloads SpaceNews · 12 Jun 2020
• DARPA awards Blackjack contracts to Blue Canyon, SA Photonics SpaceNews · 10 Jun 2020
• DARPA to begin launching Blackjack satellites in late 2020 SpaceNews · 11 May 2020
• Lockheed Martin wins DARPA contract to integrate Blackjack satellites SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2020
• Astra came close to achieving what DARPA has sought for two decades Ars Technica · 5 Mar 2020