Tag: missile defense
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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…
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U.S. Space Force Awards Prototype Contracts for Space-Based Missile Interceptors
The U.S. Space Force has awarded initial prototype contracts to multiple companies to develop space-based interceptors capable of disabling enemy missiles within minutes of launch, as part of the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative, the service said in a statement. The contracts were issued under competitive Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), a mechanism used to…
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DARPA Awards Space Kinetic Multi-Million Dollar Contract to Advance Space-Based Missile Defense Architecture
U.S. aerospace startup Space Kinetic has secured a multi-million dollar contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to accelerate development of its asymmetric, space-based missile defense architecture, the company said. The award marks a significant step for the venture-backed firm as it works to mature a “one-to-many” defensive constellation designed to counter advanced…
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Maybe Trump should go back to calling his missile shield the Iron Dome
The US Space Force celebrated its fifth birthday last year, when it boasted an annual budget of $29 billion, about 3.5 percent of the Pentagon’s overall funding level. On March 15, President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill that set the Space Force’s budget for fiscal year 2025 at $28.7 billion. This was the…
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Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
One of the new Trump administration’s first national security directives aims to defend against missile and drone attacks targeting the United States, and several elements of the plan require an expansion of the US military’s presence in space, the White House announced Monday. For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and…