{"id":1526,"date":"2026-05-05T17:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/scitec-secures-deal-to-advance-space-force-missile-defense-under-golden-dome\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:08:48","slug":"scitec-secures-deal-to-advance-space-force-missile-defense-under-golden-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/scitec-secures-deal-to-advance-space-force-missile-defense-under-golden-dome\/","title":{"rendered":"SciTec Secures Deal to Advance Space Force Missile Defense Under Golden Dome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/firefly_aerospace_cover_new_639135186713559201.webp\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"SciTec Secures Deal to Advance Space Force Missile Defense Under Golden Dome\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/firefly_aerospace_cover_new_639135186713559201.webp\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/firefly_aerospace_cover_new_639135186713559201.webp\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>SciTec<\/strong>, a Firefly Aerospace company, announced it received an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement from U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to support the nation\u2019s emerging missile defense- architecture as part of the Space Based- Interceptor (SBI) program. This program was established under the Department of War to develop a space-based missile defense interceptor system that will demonstrate capability integrated into the Golden Dome for America architecture by 2028.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Space Force has awarded 20 total OTA agreements worth up to $3.2 billion to 12 companies, including SciTec, to build the space-based missile interceptor layer with next-generation space-based tracking and advanced interceptors integrated with artificial intelligence to counter the speed, maneuverability and lethality of the threats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What is the role of AI in Space Exploration and Satellite Operations?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to contribute our proven AI-powered defense technologies to our nation\u2019s critical Golden Dome program and honored by the trust placed in our team,\u201d said <strong>David Simenc<\/strong><strong>, SciTec\u2019s President<\/strong>. \u201cSciTec has always focused on delivering the technologies that strengthen decision advantage and this agreement allows us to continue that work at a pivotal moment for national defense.<\/p>\n<p>SciTec has supported the Department of War and Intelligence Community for more than 45 years, delivering high fidelity sensing, data fusion and mission critical software solutions across missile defense, space domain awareness and national security missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace company, announced it received an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement from U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to support the nation\u2019s emerging missile defense- architecture as part of the Space Based- Interceptor (SBI) program. This program was established under the Department of War to develop a space-based missile defense interceptor system [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[39,41,26],"class_list":["post-1526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aerospace","tag-defense","tag-ground"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}