Secretive US military agency announces giant leap toward mega-structures in space

A U.S. defense agency says it has accomplished what has never been done before in outer space and that it didn’t need advanced artificial intelligence to do it.

The landmark event is being called a historic first and could mean rapid expansion for the United States in (or out) of the Earth’s orbit.

‘Good old-fashioned rigorous engineering.’

Four years into its NOM4D space program, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has demonstrated an outstanding capability it says is the first of its kind.

With the help of advanced engineers from the California Institute of Technology, DARPA says it is the first agency to autonomously build a structure in space.

The inaugural moment was achieved using Caltech’s Autonomous In-Space Tensioned Reflector Assembly robotics system, which ScienceDaily described as an automated arm