SEAKR dealt next phase of Blackjack Pit Boss space programme DARPA – the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – has awarded a $60.4m contract to SEAKR Engineering, for Phase Two and Phase Three of the Blackjack Pit Boss programme. The company – a specialist in electronics for space applications – is based in Centennial, Colorado, which is where the work will be carried out. There is an estimated completion date of March 2022, states the US Department of Defense. Blackjack Back in October 2019, SEAKR was first awarded a DARPA Pit Boss contract supporting the Blackjack Proliferated Low Earth Orbit Demonstration Programme. This aims to integrate commercial satellite technologies into a constellation of “affordable, small, secure, and resilient military satellites”. The idea is to replace existing costly and monolithic systems – in geosynchronous orbit – that are vulnerable targets and would take years to replace if degraded or destroyed.