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DARPA Selects 14 Companies For Integrated Technology Concepts For Lunar Economy

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 5th, 2023

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DARPA Selects 14 Companies For Integrated Technology Concepts For Lunar Economy

GITAI's Inchworm robot for lunar surface labor. Photo: GITAI

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on Tuesday said it has selected 14 companies to quickly develop concepts for technologies that can be integrated as part of a future lunar infrastructure for science, research, and commercial activities. The selected companies for the 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) Capability Study are Blue Origin, CisLunar Industries, Crescent Space Services, LLC, Fibertek, Inc., Firefly Aerospace, GITAI, Helios, Honeybee Robotics, which is a subsidiary of Blue Origin, ICON, Nokia of America, Northrop Grumman [NOC],…

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