USSF Awards Initial Golden Dome Contracts, But Details Scarce

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Space Force has awarded the first batch of prototype contracts for the space-based interceptors (SBI) element of the Golden Dome for America missile defense architecture without disclosing the winning vendors. The service awarded multiple contracts for the interceptors to “multiple...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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