The U.S. Department of Defense wants fresh ideas on how to maintain military superiority in space.
That same sentiment was echoed by DARPA leadership in this solicitation."Tremendous innovation is happening in the commercial space industry, yet long procurement timelines and a relatively small number of cleared companies can limit adoption of those new innovations in defense and government space initiatives," Air Force Maj. Michael"Orbit" Nayak, program manager in DARPA's Strategic Technology Office, said in DARPA's statement.
"We're looking to flip that script, so that innovators who can provide the best ideas for the many unanswered questions and unique potential of the space domain have a seat at the table," Nayak continued."We want to find solutions we didn't even know we needed to establish and maintain superiority in space."
The U.S. Space Force recently opened an office with the same goal in mind. The service's new Commercial Space Marketplace for Innovation and Collaboration office, or COSMIC, aims to partner with the private sector in order to acquire new technologies more quickly. Interested companies have until Oct. 1, 2023 to submit their space superiority ideas to DARPA. The agency will continue to evaluate proposals through March 2024.
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