TL;DR / Executive Summary
- DARPA has extended its contract with Array Labs, a Seraphim portfolio company, to model and simulate a distributed radar system using multiple formation-flying satellites working as a coordinated network.
- The extension deepens analysis of cooperative satellite radar, a capability unique to multi-satellite architectures.
- Array Labs holds contracts across several US defence agencies and raised $20 million in January 2026.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has extended its contract with Array Labs, adding scope to an existing contract focused on the company’s distributed radar architecture.
Building on the original contract, the extension covers modeling and simulation of Array’s multistatic radar system, advancing additional analysis on how formation-flying radar satellites perform when operating as a coordinated cluster across a wider range of scenarios.
Array’s constellation is designed around a distributed architecture of multiple satellites cooperatively functioning from different orbital positions.
“This lets us push deeper into operating modes that only exist when you have multiple radar satellites working as one system,” said Array Labs CEO and Cofounder Andrew Peterson. “We’re grateful to be able explore this approach further under this extended contract with DARPA.”
Array Labs has secured multiple government contracts over the past two years, including awards from the Department of the Air Force (DAF), Office of Naval Research (ONR) the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Office of Department of War, Research and Engineering (OUSW R&E), in addition to DARPA. The company announced a $20M Series A in January 2026.
