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SpaceX Secures $2 Billion Pentagon Satellite Deal
SpaceX will develop a missile-tracking satellite network for the $175 billion Golden Dome program, potentially deploying 600 satellites, enhancing U.S. missile defense capabilities.
- This past week, Elon Musk's SpaceX looks set to win a $2 billion Pentagon contract to develop missile- and aircraft-tracking satellites for President Donald Trump's Golden Dome program.
- On May 20, President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth unveiled the Golden Dome program, with funding set aside in July's legislation but no contractor named.
- SpaceX's Starlink fleet — more than 10,000 satellites — gives it unmatched manufacturing and launch cadence, and people familiar say SpaceX is positioned for Milnet and a ground-targeting network for Golden Dome, which could use an 'air moving target indicator' network of approximately 600 satellites.
- Pentagon officials say they have not formally awarded Golden Dome work while finalizing spending lines, experts warn the project could cost at least half a trillion dollars, and officials caution against vendor lock.
- Contract awards and details are expected in the coming weeks as handing Golden Dome contracts to SpaceX would signal a healed Musk–Trump rift, with high-risk tests slated before the November 2028 election.
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Pentagon will reportedly award SpaceX a $2 billion contract to help develop the 'Golden Dome'
SpaceX will reportedly receive a $2 billion contract to develop satellites for the US government, according to the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ's report detailed that SpaceX will be tasked with developing up to 600 satellites that can track missiles and aircraft and will be used for President Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" project. Announced back in May, the president introduced a project to build an anti-missile defense system that would interc…
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(Los Angeles = Yonhap News) Correspondent Im Mi-na = SpaceX, a space company led by Elon Musk, is developing a satellite system to support the U.S.'s next-generation missile defense system, the Golden Dome...
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Total News Sources24
Leaning Left3Leaning Right6Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Right
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Right
46% Right
L 23%
C 31%
R 46%
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