“The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) project, an initiative under the AUKUS partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, is emerging as a centerpiece of a more distributed and multilateral approach to space security in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. As nations seek to strengthen space domain awareness (SDA) amid growing congestion and strategic competition in orbit, DARC is central to surveillance architecture.”
“With sites planned in all three AUKUS countries, DARC will enable global coverage that individual nations cannot achieve alone. The first site is in Western Australia. Such integration is increasing as Indo-Pacific partners address gaps in space surveillance. Australia and the U.S., for example, are collaborating on additional radar installations, while South Korea plans to launch SDA satellites by the 2030s.”
” ‘Collaboration through CSpO [Combined Space Operations] is critical,’ [ASPI analyst, Malcolm Davis] said, emphasizing that the recognition of space as a contested operational domain necessitates a shift from reliance on large, vulnerable satellites to resilient, distributed architectures across multiple orbits.”
https://ipdefenseforum.com/2026/06/aukus-advancing-deep-space-surveillance-initiative/