{"id":49806,"date":"2023-05-18T17:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/18\/space-force-may-seek-new-bidders-for-future-deep-space-radars\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:45:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:45:49","slug":"space-force-may-seek-new-bidders-for-future-deep-space-radars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2023\/05\/18\/space-force-may-seek-new-bidders-for-future-deep-space-radars\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force may seek new bidders for future deep-space radars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 After awarding a contract to Northrop Grumman last year to build the first of three deep-space radars, the Space Force may choose a second provider to develop the remaining two systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop is on track <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/02\/23\/us-space-force-awards-contract-for-deep-space-radar\/\" target=\"_blank\">to deliver the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability<\/a> by early 2026, a ground-based system to be stationed in Australia. The radar will provide all-weather, 24\/7 observation of objects in geosynchronous orbit, around 22,000 miles above Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/opp\/4cfb033e446f4927b3e80866295da6b5\/view\" target=\"_blank\">Space Force said in a May 16 notice<\/a> it is \u201cimperative\u201d that the second and third DARC radars follow in quick succession, with site two established in the United Kingdom by 2027 and site three in the U.S. by 2028. With those rapid timelines in mind, the service is surveying the industrial base to determine if other companies can meet that schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not immediately clear what firms will respond to the Space Force\u2019s market research, but prior to awarding Northrop a $341 million contract to build the first radar site, the service and the Air Force Research Laboratory established a broad base of industry and academic partners to mature various supporting technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those partners include John Hopkins University\u2019s Applied Physics laboratory \u2014 which received a $54 million contract to build a prototype radar \u2014 L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation and Centauri, a space and intelligence company purchased in 2020 by Texas-based engineering firm KBR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force expects to spend nearly $844 million to build all three DARC sites and included $214 million for DARC in its fiscal 2024 budget. The bulk of that request will support efforts to field the first radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Calvelli, the Space Force\u2019s top acquisition official, said during an April 26 House Armed Services Committee hearing that DARC is progressing well through testing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe proved out the concept that DARC can actually work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tracking activity in space, and particularly in geosynchronous orbit, has been a growing priority for the Space Force as adversaries like Russia and China have shown signs of possible aggression in the regime. In 2020, then-Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond revealed that two Russian satellites were trailing a U.S. spy satellite and called the behavior \u201cunusual and disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service uses a mix of ground radars and in-space sensors to conduct this mission. DARC will join the most recent ground-based capability known as Space Fence, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/isr\/2020\/03\/30\/new-space-fence-radar-is-officially-online\/\" target=\"_blank\">built by Lockheed Martin and became operational in 2020<\/a>. The radar, located at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, significantly increased the number of objects the service can see from Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later this summer, the Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office expect to launch the newest space observation satellites, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/2018\/02\/01\/what-we-know-about-the-secret-silent-barker-space-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">dubbed Silent Barker<\/a>. 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