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SpaceX, Anduril among firms to win Golden Dome contracts
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The US Space Force awarded 12 companies, including Lockheed Martin Corp. and SpaceX, contracts worth up to $3.2 billion to develop prototypes for space-based interceptors under President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome plan.
Key facts
- The US Space Force awarded 12 companies, including Lockheed Martin Corp
- The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the price tag for a network of space-based interceptors could be as high as $542 billion over 20 years
- Other companies getting awards under the program are Anduril Industries Inc., Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. and General Dynamics Corp., GITAI USA Inc., Northrop Grumman Corp., Quindar Inc., RTX Corp
- The companies will be tasked with demonstrating a capability for space-based interceptors by 2028, Space Force said in a press release
Summary
The companies will be tasked with demonstrating a capability for space-based interceptors by 2028, Space Force said in a press release. Other companies getting awards under the program are Anduril Industries Inc., Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. and General Dynamics Corp., GITAI USA Inc., Northrop Grumman Corp., Quindar Inc., RTX Corp.’s Raytheon, Sci-Tec Inc., True Anomaly Inc. and Turion Space Corp. The contracts were awarded under a fast-track procedure known as Other Transactional Authority, which is designed to cut the normal procurement red tape and increase competition. “Adversary capabilities are advancing rapidly, and our acquisition strategies must move even faster to counter the growing speed and maneuverability of modern missile threats,” Space Force Col.