#Golden Dome

Rocket Lab says it is supporting Raytheon on a space-based interceptor effort tied to the U.S. Golden Dome initiative while also securing hypersonic test flight work for Anduril.

The U.S. Space Force has identified 12 companies working on early development for space-based interceptors under the Pentagon’s Golden Dome initiative, with agreements worth up to $3.2 billion.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $57 million contract to demonstrate Link-182 satellite communications for the planned MILNET relay network, a key building block for future missile-defense architectures.

The US Space Force has tapped 12 companies for prototype work on space-based interceptors, pushing the most ambitious part of the proposed Golden Dome missile-defense architecture toward a 2028 demonstration.

The U.S. Space Force disclosed 20 contracts with a potential value of $3.2 billion for space-based interceptor work tied to President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative.

The U.S. military’s Golden Dome architecture may proceed without space-based interceptors if the Pentagon decides the capability cannot be produced affordably and at scale.

A budget request expected on April 3 would push U.S. defense spending sharply higher, with missile defense, ships, submarines, and weapons production at the center of the administration’s pitch.

The Pentagon has increased its Golden Dome missile defense program budget by $10 billion to $185 billion, accelerating development of hypersonic tracking satellites, airborne radar systems, and a space-based data network.