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Mark Sirangelo
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
SpaceDev, Inc. (OTCBB: SPDV) announced that it is on the team led by Orbital Sciences Corporation, which was awarded a space technology demonstration contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The award is for the Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange (System F6) space technology and demonstration program.
The program is intended to “demonstrate that a traditional, large, monolithic satellite can be replaced by a group of smaller, individually launched, wirelessly networked and cluster-flown spacecraft modules,” as stated in a news release by DARPA last week. The full DARPA press release can be found on DARPA’s website at www.darpa.gov/body/news/2008. Other companies on the Orbital team include; IBM, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Aurora Flight Sciences.
“We congratulate Orbital for this significant first phase contract award and express our appreciation for the opportunity to be part of this terrific team,” said Mark N. Sirangelo, SpaceDev’s Chairman and CEO. “This technology has the potential to significantly alter spacecraft design and we are very excited to be providing a contribution to this effort.”
About SpaceDev
SpaceDev, Inc. is a space technology/aerospace company that creates and sells affordable and innovative space products and mission solutions. |
