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DARPA awards 3 deals for work on nuclear propulsion system By (0) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded three contracts this week to design a nuclear thermal propulsion system. Photo courtesy of DARPA April 15 (UPI) -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded three contracts this week to design a nuclear thermal propulsion system that will operate above low Earth orbit in 2025. General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin are the prime contractors for the deal, according to a DARPA press release. Advertisement The Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Ope...

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DARPA selects three prime contractors for DRACO program Shane McGlaun - Apr 15, 2021, 5:01am CDT DARPA has announced that it has awarded contracts for the first phase of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The program’s stated goal is to demonstrate a nuclear thermal propulsion system above low Earth orbit by 2025. The trio of prime contractors selected by DARPA includes General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin. DARPA says that rapid maneuvering is a core tenant for modern DoD operations on land, sea, and air. However, rapid ma...

“The performer teams have demonstrated capabilities to develop and deploy advanced reactor, propulsion, and spacecraft systems,” said Major Nathan Greiner of the US Air Force, programme manager for DRACO. “The NTP technology we seek to develop and demonstrate under the DRACO programme aims to be foundational to future operations in space.” While both General Atomics and Lockheed Martin are well-established companies with a history of government collaboration on aerospace and defence projects, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is a relative newcomer to the sector. Although in e...

DARPA awards contracts for orbital nuclear propulsion demonstrator Artist's concept of a nuclear-propelled spacecraft DARPA DARPA DARPA's nuclear space rocket project is progressing, with contracts awarded to General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin for the first phase of the agency's Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The goal is to place a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) demonstrator into low Earth orbit by 2025. Humanity is just dipping its toes into the solar system, but it's surprising to many to find out that we are already near the the...