Satellite startup Impulse Space is working with Anduril Industries Inc to develop space-based interceptor technology for President Donald Trump’s planned Golden Dome missile defense shield, according to people familiar with the matter. The companies have been selected by the Pentagon to develop prototypes of space-based interceptors intended to track and destroy missiles from orbit, said the people, who asked for anonymity to discuss confidential matters. Impulse Space would work as a subcontractor to Anduril on the technology, which doesn’t yet exist. Space-based interceptors are a key but unproven component of the Golden Dome effort, which seeks to protect the US and possibly other countries with layers of defense systems from the ground to space. Contracts and their recipients are one of the few indicators of how the Pentagon is progressing with Golden Dome, which has been shrouded in secrecy since Trump signed an executive order establishing the project more than a year ago.

Full report : Satellite startup Impulse Space is working with Anduril to develop space-based interceptor technology for Uthe nited States’ planned Golden Dome.

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