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BAE Systems to advance autonomous space-based surveillance technology for DARPA
BAE Systems will enhance autonomous satellite tracking to improve real-time terrestrial asset monitoring and warfighter situational awareness under DARPA's $16 million Oversight program Phase 2.
- On Dec. 10, 2025, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded BAE Systems' FAST Labs a $16 million Phase 2 Oversight contract following Phase 1 success.
- The Oversight program aims to create an autonomous system maintaining constant "custody" of terrestrial assets via satellite constellations, enabling near real-time tracking through space-based coordination and data processing for warfighters.
- During Phase 1, BAE Systems integrated its software into simulation environments to demonstrate a "custody" mission, while Phase 2 will mature algorithms and deploy technology to tactical-edge satellites and ground stations with AIMdyn, Inc.
- Deployment on proliferated networked satellite constellations enables persistent surveillance at tactical timescales and increases space-derived information, enhancing warfighter situational awareness and decision speed.
- Future mission requirements are pushing capabilities to the tactical edge, said Dr. Ben Cooper, as work proceeds at BAE Systems' facilities in Burlington, Massachusetts and Merrimack, New Hampshire.
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BAE Systems to advance autonomous space-based surveillance technology for DARPA
FAST LabsTM organization awarded $16 million contract for DARPA's Oversight program NASHUA, N.H., Dec. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems' (LON: BA) FAST Labs™ research, development, and production organization a $16 million Phase 2 contract for the Oversight program. The Oversight program is focused on creating an autonomous system that keeps track, or maintains constant "…
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