The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency<\/b> (DARPA) has awarded Redwire<\/b> a $44 million phase 2 contract to advance an \u201cair-breathing\u201d spacecraft in the Otter Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mission. <\/p>\n
DARPA awarded Redwire the contract last year and the phase 2 contract will fund completing the manufacturing and delivering the spacecraft to launch for the mission. The spacecraft is built on Redwire\u2019s SabreSat platform, which is described as an orbital drone. <\/p>\n
VLEO is closer to Earth than satellites in LEO, but over airborne anti-access areas. According to DARPA\u2019s description of the Otter mission, it is tasked with collecting data for data for air-breathing electric propulsion technologies \u2014 designed to turn low-density air into propulsion needed to stay in VLEO. <\/p>\n
\u201cVLEO represents an exciting new frontier for defense, intelligence, and communications missions. Through our work with DARPA, we are accelerating the development of cutting-edge capabilities that will define the future of this domain,\u201d said Tom Campbell, president of Space Missions at Redwire. \u201cWith Otter and our SabreSat platform, we are delivering higher-performance missions at lower altitudes: improving sensor perception and proximity to targets of interest, increasing revisit, reducing latency, and redefining mission resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Redwire is also the prime contractor for the European Space Agency Skimsat VLEO mission. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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