One concept for the Golden Dome missile defense system with space-based elements. (credit: Redwire) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 1 October 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s procurement arm has opened a competition for companies to design a compact radio-frequency (RF) terminal for inter-satellite communications, according to
Experts say U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile defence system could take decades to build and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) By Stephen Chen, Published by South China Morning Post, 30 September 2025 Team says its leap in data processing technology was crucial
Northrop Grumman's low-Earth orbit constellation of satellites detecting missile launches by an unidentified adversary. Northrop Grumman was selected to build 14 satellites with infrared sensors for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TRK) to detect, identify, and track hypersonic weapons and missiles from their earliest stages of launch
One concept for the Golden Dome missile defense system with space-based elements. (credit: Redwire) By Carlos Alatorre, Published by The Space Review, 8 September 2025 On January 27, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order authorizing the implementation of the Iron Dome for America, essentially a request for the Department
The technology will be similar to Israel’s Iron Dome, shown here, on the left, intercepting rockets, on the right, fired by Hamas militants toward southern Israel in May 2021. (Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images) By Matthew Feld, Published by The Telegraph, 8 September 2025 Cambridge Aerospace has raised millions of
Illustration of Telesat Lightspeed low Earth orbit broadband satellites Credit: Telesat By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 3 September 2025 The satellite operator is positioning its Lightspeed LEO constellation as a data-transport solution for the Pentagon’s missile defense shield WASHINGTON — As the space industry watches what analysts describe
Image: Lockheed Martin. Published by Booz Allen, August 2025 Defending America from the Ultimate High Ground The threat of ballistic missile attacks will continue to increase over the next decade, making it the “most catastrophic threat to the United States,” according to President Trump’s “Golden Dome for America” Executive Order.
Illustration of congestion in geostationary orbit. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 August 2025 WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab’s newly acquired subsidiary Geost has secured an expansion of a U.S. Space Force contract to produce two optical payloads for missions in geostationary orbit. The
