Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield [View all]

Source: Reuters

Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.

Musk's rocket and satellite company is partnering with software maker Palantir (PLTR.O) and drone builder Anduril on a bid to build key parts of Golden Dome, the sources said, which has drawn significant interest from the technology sector's burgeoning base of defense startups.

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The three companies met with top officials in the Trump administration and the Pentagon in recent weeks to pitch their plan, which would build and launch 400 to more than 1,000 satellites circling the globe to sense missiles and track their movement, sources said.

A separate fleet of 200 attack satellites armed with missiles or lasers would then bring enemy missiles down, three of the sources said. The SpaceX group is not expected to be involved in the weaponization of satellites, these sources said.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/musks-spacex-is-frontrunner-build-trumps-golden-dome-missile-shield-2025-04-17/

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The article goes on to say that this is "a departure from the usual acquisition process" because of the need to be "deferential" to Musk.

Oh, and Musk wants to make the SoaceX role in this a SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. He would own and control the technology, and the government would pay - and continue to pay - for access.