“We invest in high-risk, high-payoff research to support some of the most difficult challenges to the IC,” IARPA program manager Alexis Truitt told Breaking Defense. And debris is “one of the hardest challenges that is affecting satellites worldwide.”
By Theresa HitchensThe Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System, or ALIAS, was outfitted on a UH-60A Black Hawk at Fort Campbell, KY, for a simulated flight through an “obstacle run” in “Manhattan” with no pilots on board.
By Jaspreet GillThe Pentagon’s blue-sky R&D agency chose 10 partners to help make goggles easier on soldiers’ necks and expand vision in the dark.
By Andrew EversdenFourteen vendors have been chosen to complete designs for two different pieces of an optical terminal that can connect incompatible LEO sats.
By Theresa HitchensThe Manta Ray is one of several unmanned vehicles moving through the military’s research and development enterprises.
By Justin Katz“The good news is the government is very interested in the commercial opportunities, but from the industry standpoint, it’s hard to figure out like what door to walk through and how to how to make that contact,” said Steve Isakowitz, CEO of the Aerospace Corporation.
By Theresa HitchensThe B-SURE bio-bugs program is a first baby step in using biology to create a space-based supply chain, reducing reliance on materials launched from Earth.
By Theresa HitchensPreliminary designs reviews for the mothership drone, to be launched from an aircraft before firing its own missiles, are planned for mid-2022.
By Lee Ferran“Calling it ‘breaking the laws of physics’ does not lead to rational scrutiny,” Secure World’s Victoria Samson said of the recent Chinese hypersonic test.
By Theresa HitchensOptical intersatellite links, or OISLs, use lasers to zip data between satellites on orbit — a technology that is both the central node and the biggest challenge in SDA’s effort to build a multi-layered National Defense Space Architecture.
By Theresa HitchensDuring tests last month, one Gremlins drone was destroyed after a power system failure forced the team to terminate flight, said Tim Keeter, Dynetics’ program manager.
By Valerie Insinna