Fred Kennedy, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Tactical Technology Office, has said efforts to reorganize the space architecture and procure new technologies align with plans to modernize the military space business, Space News reported Monday.
Read More »DARPA Unveils Challenge to Identify Underground Environment Mapping, Navigation Strategies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has introduced a new project called the Subterranean Challenge which aims to discover new strategies on how to map, navigate and scour through underground environments. DARPA said Thursday it invites research teams worldwide to send proposals for methods that can help address challenges related to …
Read More »Army Activates ‘Kestrel Eye’ Imagery Satellite
The U.S. Army ‘s Space and Missile Defense Command has activated a satellite built to collect and transmit imagery in real time to tactical-level soldiers on ground. Kestrel Eye served as a payload aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off Aug. 14 at NASA’s Kennedy in Florida as part of SpaceX‘s CRS-12 cargo resupply …
Read More »DARPA’s XS-1 Spaceplane Program Aims to Help Address National Security Risk
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s move to launch the XS-1 spaceplane program stemmed from the need to address a national security risk posed by long lead times on space launches and challenges to launching satellites into space in a cost-effective manner, Space.com reported Wednesday. “If it takes me 20 …
Read More »Profile: Fred Kennedy, Senior Policy Adviser at White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
Fred Kennedy serves as senior policy adviser for national security, space and aviation at the national security and international affairs division of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. He came to OSTP in July 2016 after he previously worked as senior materiel leader at the space production division …
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