The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Northrop Grumman the second of three planned Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) sites. DARC is designed to track objects in geosynchronous orbit in support of U.S. and allied space domain awareness.
“With a growing number of space debris and objects now populating Earth’s orbit, DARC technologies detect small space objects and satellites quickly and with highly precise orbital information. DARC also identifies adversarial threats with the potential to disrupt/deny civil and military space services, making it a vital defense technology for the Space Force,” said SSC Program Executive Officer for Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, USSF Col. Bryon McClain.
The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia forged a trilateral partnership to host and operate DARC as a collaboration to expand beyond what individual nations could achieve alone in one of the most critical domains for future security. The trilateral agreement between the United States, U.K, and Australia was announced in 2023. The first site is currently under construction in Australia. With the new contract award, development activities will begin for the second site in the United Kingdom.
Source: SSC
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