Northrop Grumman is developing the Space Force's Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability, which will track activity in geosynchronous orbit. The Space Force’s deep-space radar hit a testing milestone in ...

A powerful new radar system designed to detect and track objects in distant orbits above Earth has passed a key initial test. The "Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability," or DARC, is a multi-site radar ...

Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a $341 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop and test a ground-based surveillance radar in support of ...

A transmit antenna at Site 1 of the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) in Western Australia is shown at night. Credit: Doug Humphries, BAE Systems WASHINGTON — A new deep-space radar site in ...

The Space Force's deep-space radar hit a testing milestone in recent weeks, using seven of its antennas to track multiple satellites in orbit from a site in Australia. The Deep Space Advanced Radar ...

DARC is designed to track multiple small moving objects in geosynchronous orbit — all around the globe, 24 hours a day. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...