Pentagon Will Reportedly Award Spacex A $2 Billion Contract To Help Develop The 'golden Dome'

SpaceX will reportedly person a $2 cardinal statement to create satellites for nan US government, according to nan Wall Street Journal. The WSJ's study elaborate that SpaceX will beryllium tasked pinch processing up to 600 satellites that tin way missiles and craft and will beryllium utilized for President Trump's projected "Golden Dome" project.

Announced back successful May, nan president introduced a task to build an anti-missile defense strategy that would intercept rocket attacks earlier reaching their target. The Golden Dome is reminiscent of Israel's Iron Dome system, but nan Pentagon has yet to uncover actual specifications astir nan project. Considering nan standard of nan project, it's worthy noting that SpaceX's reported $2 cardinal statement could beryllium 1 of galore associated pinch nan Golden Dome. According to nan report, companies for illustration Anduril Industries and Palantir Technologies could besides beryllium progressive pinch nan development, which nan Trump management wants to complete earlier nan extremity of his statesmanlike term.

Beyond nan Golden Dome, nan WSJ reported that nan Pentagon is readying to usage SpaceX's extended outer web for different purposes, including subject communications and conveyance tracking. While nan numbers are constantly fluctuating, SpaceX presently has much than 8,000 satellites for its Starlink service.