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technology3 hours ago•3 min saved

Northrop Grumman and Apex Join Forces on Orbit-Based Interceptors for Golden Dome

Northrop Grumman has teamed with Apex to develop space-based interceptors for the Space Force's Golden Dome missile-defense plan, one of 12 firms selected to explore concepts. Apex provides standardized satellite buses to enable faster, cheaper production. The partners aim to demonstrate an on-orbit capability by 2027 and scale production through commercial collaboration, while questions linger about whether space-based interceptors can be affordable at scale given the program’s potential high costs. Other industry players are pursuing similar partnerships under Other Transaction Authority to accelerate prototyping.

via SpaceNews|

#apex #golden-dome #northrop-grumman

defense19 days ago•4 min saved

CBO analysis: Golden Dome could cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years

A new CBO analysis estimates the Golden Dome missile-defense architecture could cost about $1.2 trillion over 20 years—far above the White House's $175 billion target—largely due to a space-based interceptor layer; the system would cover the U.S. but would not be an impenetrable shield against a major peer attack, and long-term costs depend on architecture details the DoD has not publicly disclosed, with some items potentially funded from other accounts and space-based interceptors possibly omitted for cost reasons.

via Federal News Network|

#budget-estimate #cbo #defense

politics19 days ago•3 min saved

CBO flags $1.2 trillion price tag for Trump's Golden Dome and questions its effectiveness

The Congressional Budget Office estimates Trump's Golden Dome missile-defense program would cost about $1.2 trillion over 20 years, far higher than the initial $175 billion, and warns it may be vulnerable to a full-scale attack by Russia or China, raising doubts about whether the system can be effectively deployed, even as SpaceX and Lockheed Martin win contracts for space-based interceptor prototypes.

via BBC|

#budget-overrun #cbo #golden-dome

technology27 days ago•6 min saved

Anduril Leads Cross‑Industry Team for Space-Based Interceptors Under Golden Dome Initiative

Anduril leads a multi-company team—Impulse Space, Inversion Space, K2 Space, Sandia National Labs, and Voyager Technologies—to develop, test, and deliver affordable, scalable space-based interceptors for the Space Force’s SBI program as part of the Golden Dome for America initiative.

via Anduril|

#anduril #golden-dome #partnerships

defense1 month ago•9 min saved

Golden Dome's Orbital Interceptors: Meet the Contractors Building the Sky Shield

The Space Force disclosed a list of about a dozen contractors (including SpaceX, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Anduril, Booz Allen, General Dynamics, Quindar, GITAI USA, Sci-Tec, Turion Space, and True Anomaly) tapped under OTA agreements to develop Space-Based Interceptors for Golden Dome. The awards, totaling up to $3.2 billion, fund early-stage demos with the aim of demonstrating initial SBI capability in low Earth orbit by 2028, while integrating lower-altitude and ground-based defenses. Officials emphasize affordability and redundancy; full-scale production would cost far more, and some analysts question timelines and budgets. The 2027 funding request includes a significant Golden Dome package, though political hurdles and secrecy around the system’s architecture complicate projections.

via Ars Technica|

#defense #defense-contractors #golden-dome

defense1 month ago•4 min saved

Space Force taps 12 firms to field orbital interceptors for Golden Dome by 2028

The Space Force awarded 20 contracts worth up to $3.2 billion to 12 firms to develop a proliferated constellation of space-based interceptors (SBIs) capable of boosting, midcourse, and glide-phase engagements to counter missiles (including hypersonic glide vehicles), with an initial capability demonstration targeted for 2028 as part of President Trump’s Golden Dome plan. The roster includes Anduril, Booz Allen, General Dynamics Mission Systems, GITAI USA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quindar, Raytheon, Sci-Tec, SpaceX, True Anomaly and Turion, though specific contract values and roles are undisclosed; affordability concerns loom given the program’s estimated $185 billion potential cost.

via Breaking Defense|

#defense #defense-contractors #golden-dome

national-security1 month ago•8 min saved

Budget Realities Hit Trump's Golden Dome Missile Plan

Pentagon officials push ahead with the Golden Dome homeland defense plan, but a skeptical Republican-led Congress questions funding through reconciliation, a path Trump intends to use for hundreds of billions. The program faces cost uncertainties (estimates from hundreds of billions to trillions), a 2028 deployment milestone tied to a layered, AI-connected system, and potential resistance to the reconciliation route, forcing the Pentagon to consider regular-budget funding or alternative strategies.

via Politico|

#defense-budget #golden-dome #gop-congress

national-security3 months ago•8 min saved

Golden Dome Stalls as Trump’s Missile Shield Fails to Take Shape

A year into Trump’s push for a rapid, expansive “Golden Dome” missile-defense system, the plan remains largely unstarted: the Pentagon hasn’t rolled out the architecture or begun spending the roughly $23 billion Congress appropriated, leaving industry frustrated and uncertain about the program’s future amid technical hurdles, secrecy, and political risk; a 2028 space-based interceptor test is planned but details are unclear and ally cooperation adds another layer of complexity.

via Politico|

#congress-appropriations #golden-dome #missile-defense

world4 months ago•13 min saved

Tariffs Stall Allies in Trump’s Golden Dome Shield

Tariffs under the Trump administration have effectively muzzled early talks with allies on the Golden Dome space-based missile defense shield, as Gen. Michael Guetlein pursues a fast, decades-long deployment schedule that would field a network of space sensors and interceptors by the late 2020s and expand through 2035. The plan hinges on allied participation via NORAD and partners like Canada and Denmark ( Greenland ), but trade tensions have limited dialogue, complicating coordination on basing, sensor sharing, and cost. Congress has already approved a hefty initial down payment ($23 billion) with more funding pending, while lawmakers demand a comprehensive spend plan amid ongoing prototype development for space-based interceptors and a broad-to-remote defense architecture.

via Ars Technica|

#allied-talks #golden-dome #norad