Draper Joins Teams Awarded U.S. Army Contract for Defense of Space, Missile, Ground and High Altitude

CAMBRIDGE, MA – As the U.S. military modernizes its warfighting capabilities, U.S. adversaries often respond by introducing advanced capabilities of their own. Russia, for example, which has had anti-satellite capability for decades, is exploring lasers for use in space, and China is reportedly building ground-based weapons with potential reach to strategic geosynchronous satellites. 

Draper plans to help address these military threats, in part, by participating in a program to provide rapid response to immediate warfighter requirements to the U.S. Army. Draper has been selected to join several teams of defense contractors that will design, develop, demonstrate and integrate products and systems focused on the development of space, high altitude and missile defense and ground system capabilities, enabling warfighters to effectively support their mission. 

“One way the U.S. military supports the warfighter is by staying vigilant to urgent, immediate and emerging threats,” said Pete Paceley, general manager of Draper’s Huntsville, Alabama office. “As a company with a heritage in proven military systems and technologies, Draper brings capabilities drawn from decades supporting the Department of Defense, U.S. Strategic Command, unified combatant commands, other military branches and government agencies.”

Draper’s contribution will be in support of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/ Army Forces Strategic Command’s (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration, or D3I, Domain 1 program. The program will reduce acquisition cycle times for contract actions for the command, and for USASMDC/ARSTRAT’s customers, by reducing the procurement lead times. 

The D3I acquisition is divided into three separate domains. Draper is already participating in the D31 Doman 2 contract, which covers “Information Integration and Data Exploitation.” The D3I Domain 1 is a multiple-award contract procured through full and open competition, utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15 procedures. 
 
Under the D3I Domain 1 contract, Draper brings capabilities to the contract teams in mission-critical areas including space systems, integrated air and missile defense, avionics, surveillance, reconnaissance and guidance, navigation and control (GN&C). Draper’s contract work will primarily be performed in Huntsville, Alabama and Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. For the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Draper has developed image navigation for precision guidance of munitions even when GPS is not available. In addition to working with navigation systems, Draper has assisted the Army with projects including cybersecurity, technology protection and miniature cryptography for high stress environments. Draper and the Army have also worked together on a vision-aided navigation system that addresses current limitations, including cloud cover, which degrades the system’s ability to correlate vision sensor inputs with satellite imagery.

Released March 7, 2017

Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years; Details in following caption
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
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Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
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Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
Large, tan U.S. Army transport vehicle
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.
Draper has supported the U.S. military’s strategic mission for more than 60 years. Under a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Army SMDC, Draper will provide products and systems focused on the development of space, missile, ground and high altitude capabilities.