Tag: missile defense
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Former Pentagon Official Questions Whether Golden Dome Will Survive Trump
Speaking at CyberSat, John Plumb, vice president for strategy at K2 Space and the first assistant secretary of defense for Space Policy during the Biden administration, argued that associating the program personally with President Trump turned a traditionally uncontroversial national security effort into a political target. Missile defense, including space-based elements, has long enjoyed bipartisan…
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Army Earmarks Air Defense Unit for Golden Dome as Testing Year Approaches
Speaking to reporters at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting, Lt. Gen. John L. Rafferty, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, said the service’s air defense formations are positioned to manage the system once it is fielded. The planning effort builds on work already underway through Joint Task…
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L3Harris Awarded $6 Billion Seven-Year Contract to Expand THAAD Missile Defense Propulsion Production
On Sept. 29, 2026, defense aerospace contractor L3Harris Technologies received an undefinitized contract valued at over $6 billion from Lockheed Martin. The seven-year award finances a multi-facility manufacturing expansion to scale solid and liquid propulsion production for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile interceptor system. THAAD System Context and Production Rationale The…
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US Space Force Operating On-Orbit Space Control Weapons, Air Force Secretary Says
The U.S. Space Force is operating on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending American and allied forces from hostile action, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said September 14 during the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. The disclosure is the Pentagon’s most explicit public acknowledgment that…
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Anduril Names Partners for Golden Dome SBI Missile Defense Program
U.S. defense technology company Anduril Industries has disclosed the partners supporting its work on the Golden Dome space-based interceptor (SBI) program, offering a rare look into a project that has largely remained out of public view. The company said it is collaborating with a group of organizations that includes Impulse Space, Inversion Space, K2 Space,…
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Anduril Names Partners for Golden Dome SBI Missile Defense Program
U.S. defense technology company Anduril Industries has disclosed the partners supporting its work on the Golden Dome space-based interceptor (SBI) program, offering a rare look into a project that has largely remained out of public view. The company said it is collaborating with a group of organizations that includes Impulse Space, Inversion Space, K2 Space,…
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Lockheed Martin Joins Seagate–Firefly Partnership on Sea-Based Launch Platform
Lockheed Martin is supporting a newly announced partnership between Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace to develop a sea-based launch system centred on an offshore platform for the Alpha rocket. The initiative builds on a memorandum of understanding signed in April between Seagate Space and Firefly Aerospace to deploy Firefly’s Alpha launch vehicle from Seagate’s Gateway…
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Space Force awards $3.2B for Golden Dome interceptor prototypes
What does the Space Force’s $3.2 billion Golden Dome contract mean for space-based missile defense? The U.S. Space Force awarded up to $3.2 billion across 12 companies to develop competing prototypes for the Golden Dome boost-phase interceptor program, marking the largest single defense space investment since the Space Development Agency’s initial satellite constellation awards. The…
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Anduril to Acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions to Expand Space Surveillance Capabilities
Anduril Industries has announced plans to acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions, a move expected to significantly expand Anduril’s space surveillance and tracking capabilities for national security customers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Once completed, the deal will more than double Anduril’s space-focused workforce, increasing it from about 120 employees to more than 250 after…
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Intuitive Machines Completes $800 Million Acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems
Intuitive Machines said it has completed the acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems, formerly known as Maxar Space Systems, in a move aimed at transforming the company into a vertically integrated space prime serving defense, civil and commercial customers. The transaction, first announced in November, was completed under unchanged terms, with a purchase price of $800…