DARPA is asking industry to propose ways to restore space capability within hours to weeks after an attack, collision or on-orbit failure.
The June 12 request for information targets space vehicles, launch systems, integration methods and novel concepts of operations, with interest in rapid satellite manufacturing, modular spacecraft, software-defined payloads, very low Earth orbit operations and resilience features that can keep services alive under pressure. The notice also ties the effort to the Space Force’s tactically responsive space work and the Victus launch demonstrations.
The response window runs to 8 July, setting up an early test of which suppliers can move from concept to operational reconstitution at tactical speed.