Trump's Golden Dome looks for alternatives to Musk's SpaceX: Reuters
UNITED STATES, JUL 22 – The administration seeks to reduce reliance on SpaceX amid a public feud by courting Amazon's Project Kuiper and major defense contractors for the $175 billion missile shield.
- The Trump administration is expanding its search for partners to build the Golden Dome missile defense system, courting Amazon.com's Project Kuiper and other defense contractors, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
- Before the current tensions, officials at the Pentagon began exploring alternatives to SpaceX to avoid over-reliance on one partner for the $175 billion defense project, two sources said.
- The Pentagon has approached Project Kuiper, which has launched 78 of a planned 3,000 satellites, signaling a willingness to include commercial tech firms in national defense, as a U.S. official stated.
- A fully operational space-based missile shield could lead adversaries to develop new offensive capabilities or speed up the militarization of space.
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Trump's Golden Dome Defense System Looks For Alternative To Musk's SpaceX
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