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
Northrop Grumman is on track to deliver the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability by early 2026, a ground-based system stationed in Australia. (Northrop Grumman) By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 18 May 2023 WASHINGTON — After awarding a contract to Northrop Grumman last year to build the first of three deep-space
Space Force aims to provide a “global capability to positively ID an adversary committing an orbital attack” By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 17 April 2023 COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. Space Force is facing a new challenge in its role to safeguard the country’s satellites from foreign threats, as
Engineers from Johns Hopkins APL and government partners stand in front of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept (DARC) in White Sands Missile Range, in August 2021. DARC will become the largest space tracking radar system. (Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman) By Colin Clark, Published by Breaking Defense, 7 April 2023
