Space Force tasks a dozen companies for Golden Dome space-based interceptors
The service pledged it would demonstrate an “initial capability” for the orbital missile killers by 2028.
‘No longer theoretical’: Golden Dome czar touts first steps amid skepticism
When asked if the American public has bought into the program, Guetlein said, “No.”
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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
Golden Dome czar signals space-based interceptors not guaranteed, as DoD weighs cost
"If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it, because we have other options to get after it," said Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein.
To accelerate space capabilities, Pentagon ups Golden Dome spending plan by $10 billion
By raising the cost estimate to $185 billion, Gen. Michael Guetlein said it would accelerate development of the Airborne Moving Target Indication, space data network and the Hypersonic Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor.
Pentagon acquisition chief pledges new ‘program czars’ will cut red tape, not add to it
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey outlined key steps taken since an early November mandate to move out on acquisition reform.
MDA picks over 1,000 initial winners for Golden Dome contracting vehicle
In total, the agency is providing awards to 1,014 "qualifying offerors" for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, under deals that could eventually total $151 billion over 10 years.
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Golden Dome: Loosen the gag order, and start talking
If the Pentagon does not start explaining Golden Dome, it will never be built, says Tom Karako of CSIS.
SASC Dems skeptical of Golden Dome price, feasibility
“We need a lot more information before we make decisions to spend hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars," said Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.
Space Force eyes ‘novel’ development tools for Golden Dome space-based interceptors
Gen. Michael Guetlein, the Pentagon Golden Dome czar, said on Tuesday that the "real technical challenge" for the effort will be building space-based interceptors to knock down enemy missiles in their boost phase.
Trump: Golden Dome to cost $175 billion, will be led by Space Force’s Guetlein
President Donald Trump said the project to develop a missile defense shield should be "fully operational" before the end of his term, and claimed Canada has asked to join the project.
5 Chinese satellites practiced ‘dogfighting’ in space, Space Force says
Space Force leaders are sharpening their rhetorical swords regarding the service's need to build space warfighting chops.
What ‘really’ worries the head of the Space Development Agency
Derek Tournear said he's concerned about cybersecurity and supply chain, and especially where they overlap: foreign-written software.
Space Force vice wants sats to track aircraft by early 2030s
One of the key challenges for tracking enemy aircraft from space is that airplanes and drones move much faster than tanks, trucks and ships; confounded by the fact that satellites themselves also move around the Earth extremely fast.
Space Force sees potential value from DoC commercial sat tracking data
"I would imagine that as Department of Commerce continues to mature this concept, we will definitely want to take advantage of what they're doing," said Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein.