“You look at things like Golden Dome. There were a couple of capability gates there where you had to demonstrate capability by deadlines in order to be eligible to continue to compete,” Brian Rogers, Rocket Lab’s VP of launch, told Payload. “The constraints around launch can pick winners and losers there if you don’t have a way to get to space by a deadline.”
The Pentagon’s needs for Golden Dome are, in many ways, at odds with the engineering, procurement, and scaling realities of traditional space-based interceptors. That has opened the door to two alternative space-based approaches: A deep magazine approach and directed energy.
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The IPO offered a prime opportunity for retail investors looking to ride the wave of US defense spending that’s been buoyed by the Trump administration’s promises of Golden Dome.
The first wave of Golden Dome spacecraft is about to start boot camp.
The deal opens the door for Quantum to integrate Phase Four’s unique propulsion capabilities to fuel Quantum’s Golden Dome ambitions.
The Pentagon could put elements of the Golden Dome in private hands.
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Seattle-based Kapta Space announced a $24M Series A to build next-gen radar payloads designed to track moving targets.
Impulse Space announced a $308M extension to its Series D round yesterday—bringing the round’s total to $808M.
The Space Force’s FY27 budget request made headlines earlier this year at a record-breaking $71.3B.
K2 Space announced a $500M Series D, bringing K2’s total financing north of $1B since 2022.
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