Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, said Golden Dome represents a significant challenge that demands unprecedented collaboration across defense and intelligence agencies.

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VP Matt Magaña: There's a clear signal from the government that they want to tap into commercial innovations for Golden Dome

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While inspired by Israel's Iron Dome air-defense system, the American version is designed to operate on a much larger scale

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The company will offer deployable missile defense and hypersonic test solutions

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has initiated a review to identify offsets from the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal.

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On January 27, President Trump signed an executive order to establish the “Iron Dome for America.” This directive mandates that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth submit a plan for a […]

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Like a cursed spell, space-based missile defense keeps getting resurrected — no matter how many times it’s been banished. President Trump’s Executive Order, The Iron Dome for America, released Jan. […]

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The proposed legislation includes $960 million for space-based technologies

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On January 27, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that called for the creation of a missile defense shield protecting the United States that would, among other things, […]

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The proposed “Iron Dome for America” system is heavily reliant on space-based sensors and potentially controversial space-based interceptors

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The order sets a bold agenda to address emerging threats, including hypersonic missiles, through advanced technological solutions, including space-based interceptors.

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The company plans to open a new infrared sensor payload factory

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The first launch of Tranche 1 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), originally scheduled for September 2024, is now anticipated in the March to April 2025 timeframe

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‘We have made the decision to focus our efforts on national defense, and specifically on missile defense technologies’

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The company is building two satellites for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program

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The procurement of massive satellites for missile detection is moving forward despite shift to LEO systems

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The Space Systems Command released a “request for prototype proposals” for the Missile Track Custody Epoch 2 program

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The company will provide a solid propulsion roll control system designed to stabilize a missile's flight trajectory

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The agency wants to deploy a "common, enduring ground infrastructure" for space-based missile detection and targeting experiments

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The contract from the Space Development Agency is for the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program

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The USSF-124 mission carried six small satellites: two for the Missile Defense Agency and four for the Space Development Agency.

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A national security space mission that had been projected to launch in December 2023 is being delayed until the second quarter of 2024 due to technical issues with one of the spacecraft.

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Defense contractor L3Harris announced Dec. 20 it has received approval from the Space Development Agency to move into production on 16 satellites designed to detect and monitor hypersonic missiles aimed at the U.S. or its allies. 

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A new study released Dec. 18 sheds light on potential challenges in the United States' ambitious effort to deploy a network of space sensors for detecting and tracking hypersonic missiles.

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