
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting approaches for prototype spacecraft that can autonomously navigate and be highly maneuverable in a low lunar orbit (LLO) for cislunar space situational awareness (SSA) in support of the Space Force. Multiple Other Transaction for Prototype agreements are expected under the Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) effort, DARPA said on Monday. The goal is an affordable and scalable commercial capability that provides SSA for cislunar space, the agency said in…