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Parsons Receives $30 Million Under DARPA Blackjack Program, Company Says

Frank Wolfe

Monday, December 22nd, 2025

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Parsons Receives $30 Million Under DARPA Blackjack Program, Company Says

Pictured is an RTX design of rendering of Blue Canyon Technologies’ Saturn-class bus for Blackjack.

Parsons Corp. [PSN] has received a $30 million contract for flight demonstration under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Space Development Agency (SDA) Blackjack program, the company said on Monday. The contract builds off of an $11 million DARPA award that Parsons received in 2021, according to the company. Ed Baron, Parsons' senior vice president of space engineering solutions, said that Parsons' new contract "will build on our established partnerships as we shift from DARPA to SDA, broadening…

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