DARC technical demonstrator in White Sands, New Mexico By Aled Scourfield, Published by the BBC, 27 June 2024 Campaigners against plans to build space radar dishes overlooking the UK's only coastal national park have challenged local general election candidates to say whether they support the plan or not. The Ministry
In contrast to LeoLabs' West Australian Space Radar shaped like a halfpipe, the new S-band 2-D Direct Radiating Array is flat and square. Credit: LeoLabs By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 13 June 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – LeoLabs announced plans June 13 to build a new type of radar under a
By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 2 December 2023 A new landmark radar initiative will increase UK security by being able to better detect, track and identify objects in deep space, say the Government. The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) programme – unveiled by the respective Defence
An artist's impression of the DARC network. (Supplied: Northrup Grumman) By Andrew Greene, Published by ABC News, 2 December 2023 Key points: The Exmouth site is the location for a new ground-based radar in the American-led Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability According to a statement, DARC will "detect, track, and
By European Space Agency, Published by Phys.org, 24 November 2023 Down on the ground, death equals stillness—but not in space. Abandoned satellites are prone to tumble in unpredictable ways, and an ESA project with the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern sought to better understand this behavior. ESA's Clean
By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 20 October 2023 Six over-the-horizon radar sites are envisioned in the United States and Canada, say officials with prospective bidder Raytheon. The U.S. Air Force is moving ahead with its plan to build homeland-defense radars that can detect a new generation of Russian
The ground-based Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability, which is being built by Northrop Grumman, is one of the Space Force's space domain awareness systems. (Northrop Grumman) By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 11 October 2023 WASHINGTON — The Space Force is taking applications from companies and universities for the first
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 26 June 2023 The UK Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) in effect will extend the time the SPACECOM can keep tabs on satellites, especially those owned by adversaries, and dangerous space debris. WASHINGTON — The UK military has stood up
