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SpaceX Frontrunner To Build Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield

Last updated: April 17, 2025 5:05 am
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Among Top Contenders for Trump’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, along with partners Palantir and Anduril, are leading contenders to secure a crucial part of President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, sources reveal.

Trump’s executive order on January 27 highlighted the threat of missile attacks as one of the most catastrophic facing the United States, prompting significant interest from defense startups in the technology sector.

The partnership aims to build and launch satellites to detect and track missiles globally, with a separate fleet of attack satellites to neutralize enemy missiles. While SpaceX is not expected to be involved in satellite weaponization, the group’s proposal has garnered positive signals from the Pentagon.

SpaceX has proposed a unique subscription-based model for its involvement in the Golden Dome project, offering access to the technology as a service rather than ownership by the government. However, concerns have been raised internally about the implications of such a model for a defense program of this scale.

With over 180 companies expressing interest in the Golden Dome initiative, SpaceX’s bid for the “custody layer” of satellites to detect and track missiles is estimated to cost between $6 billion and $10 billion for initial engineering and design work.

The Pentagon’s timeline for the project spans from early 2026 to beyond 2030, with SpaceX’s existing infrastructure and technology potentially giving them a competitive edge in meeting deployment deadlines.

While SpaceX’s involvement represents a significant opportunity for Silicon Valley in the defense contracting industry, the ultimate decision on the Golden Dome project and its participants remains fluid as the process evolves.

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