Brilliant Swarms for Golden Dome

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.

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An economic strategy for American space supremacy

Artist's rendering of X-37B releasing satellite: Boeing By Alexander William Salter, Published by Space News, 29 August 2025 President Trump’s recent executive order promoting commercial space competition highlights America’s unique advantage in the final frontier: our dynamic commercial space sector. American companies such as SpaceX, Planet Labs and Sierra Space are rewriting the rules

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Rocket Lab unveils new pad as firm preps first Neutron rocket launch

Rocket Lab's Neutron launch vehicle will fly from Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island. (Rocket Lab) By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 29 August 2025 WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia— As Rocket Lab prepares to roll out its new Neutron rocket as a fresh competitor for military and commercial missions,

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Geost to supply two optical payloads for U.S. Space Force geostationary missions

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

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Aerial defense 2.0: Why speed, scale and survival define the Golden Dome era

An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Kevin Kelly, Published by Space News, 26 Augus 2025 The era of single-vector threats is behind us. That was Aerial Defense 1.0, when defenses were designed for ballistic missiles tracked by radar and defeated by linear kill webs. Threats came one

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