{"id":21414,"date":"2025-04-19T17:10:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T09:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-could-once-again-be-in-for-a-massive-government-contract-alongside-palantir-and-anduril\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T17:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T09:10:37","slug":"spacex-could-once-again-be-in-for-a-massive-government-contract-alongside-palantir-and-anduril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-could-once-again-be-in-for-a-massive-government-contract-alongside-palantir-and-anduril\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX could once again be in for a massive government contract, alongside Palantir and Anduril"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/02\/GGLmyiTasAAEuRB.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/02\/GGLmyiTasAAEuRB.jpeg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/02\/GGLmyiTasAAEuRB.jpeg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/02\/GGLmyiTasAAEuRB.jpeg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/02\/GGLmyiTasAAEuRB.jpeg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"40058\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/gglmyitasaaeurb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/02\/GGLmyiTasAAEuRB.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"3840,2133\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"SpaceX Starlink in Space\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Image: SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/02\/GGLmyiTasAAEuRB.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024&#8243;><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tImage: SpaceX\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX is a leading bidder for the Pentagon\u2019s Golden Dome missile defense platform, according to Reuters. The project will join SpaceX alongside software company Palantir and drone manufacturer Anduril in a project that could oust traditional defense primes from one of the DoD\u2019s biggest new defense projects.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-43144\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters states six sources familiar with the matter state SpaceX, Palantir, and Anduril are the frontrunners to be awarded a key part of President Trump\u2019s Golden Dome project. The sources state the SpaceX-led group would build 400-1,000 missile detection and tracking satellites that would likely be the backbone of Golden Dome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will also be other parts, including about 200 satellites equipped with lasers and missiles that could destroy any incoming missiles before reaching the United States, something the Pentagon will need to navigate around the 1967 Outer Space Treaty that bans weapons in space. However, it doesn\u2019t sound like SpaceX\u2019s satellites will be involved in any weaponization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters doesn\u2019t state how much any contracts for the satellites could be valued; however, SpaceX states that design and engineering work for the layer could cost only $6-10 million. Pennies in the grand scheme of the DoD\u2019s budget and in the estimated $20 billion for Golden Dome.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-43144',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The layer could reportedly become a subscription service, where the DoD pays SpaceX for the constellation\u2019s capabilities rather than purchasing and owning the satellites outright.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three companies have all become major players in recent years for new defense contracts. Palantir and Anduril have won numerous contracts as the DoD expands its need for AI tools and drones. Meanwhile, SpaceX\u2019s Starshield satellites launch on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, concerns over Elon Musk\u2018s involvement continue as he is still close with President Trump as a special advisor. The FAA and Homeland Security are also looking at signing contracts for SpaceX\u2019s Starlink service online, and SpaceX secured the majority of the Space Force\u2019s NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 launches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuter\u2019s notes that the process is far from over in selecting who will gain the contracts to build the Golden Dome, with traditional defense primes still in the running for parts of the program and the potential for completely new bidders for other parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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":[],"class_list":["post-21414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21414"}],"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=21414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}