DARPA’s in-space manufacturing program advances with two teams selected for orbital demos

DARPA’s in-space manufacturing program advances with two teams selected for orbital demos

The demonstrations will test novel tech for building large structures in space The post DARPA’s in-space manufacturing program advances with two teams selected for orbital demos appeared first on SpaceNews.

NOM4D demo to test DARPA's in-space manufacturing

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has confirmed two research teams to further investigate in-space manufacturing, in its NOM4D (Nomad”) programme. Both the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and ... The post DARPA NOM4D demo to test in-space manufacturing appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

DARPA’S NOM4D Program Advances to In-Space Demos

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has fast-tracked the third phase of its NOM4D program aimed at building large structures in Earth orbit to two in-space demonstrations instead of laboratory tests.  Andrew Detor, the program’s manager, said that “the maturity is there” after NOM4D’s first two phases, and space demos would be more impactful. He noted that the program’s two performers, the California Institute of Technology and the Uni…

DARPA Accelerating In-Space Manufacturing Demonstrations - Defense Daily

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in early 2026 plans to move two projects out of the lab and into space to demonstrate the manufacture of raw materials and […]