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Lockheed Martin is aiming to conduct an on-orbit demonstration of at least one space-based anti-missile interceptor design no later than 2028.

Lockheed To Test Golden Dome Space-Based Missile Interceptor In Orbit By 2028

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

Aggressor satellites for space force.

Space Force Wants Aggressor Satellites To Emulate Adversary Orbital Capabilities

By Hope Hodge Seck

Updated on Sep 24, 2025

Northrop Grumman is conducting ground-based testing related to space-based interceptors as part of a competition for that segment of the Trump administration's Golden Dome missile defense initiative.

Space-Based Missile Interceptors For Golden Dome Being Tested By Northrop

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 22, 2025

Open feuding between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, until recently close friends and political allies, has shone a particular light on how heavily reliant the U.S. government, and America's armed forces especially, has become on SpaceX.

This Is How U.S. National Security Has Become Dependent On SpaceX

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 6, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced his plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield: What We Just Learned And Its Implications

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 21, 2025

New space-based interceptors called for in President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense initiative are all about addressing threats as quickly and as far away from the U.S. homeland as possible, according to U.S. Space Force's top officer.

Putting Missile Interceptors In Space Critical To Defending U.S. Citizens: Space Force Boss

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 20, 2025

X-37B shows earth from its perspective for the first time.

X-37B Spaceplane Shares Earth Image For First Time As New Mission Details Emerge

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

U.S. Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, the top American military officer overseeing operations in and around North America, has said he would welcome Canadian participation in expanding continental missile defense efforts, including in space.

Canada Joining Iron Dome Missile Defense Plan Would Be Welcome: NORAD Boss

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 14, 2025

President Donald Trump has laid out a vision for a new Iron Dome air and missile defense system to shield the U.S. homeland, which directly hearkens back to the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).

Weaponizing Space Key To Trump’s Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Vision

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 28, 2025

The U.S. Space Development Agency, or SDA has outlined the progress made so far in demonstrating a satellite-based Link 16 network to transmit data directly from space, as well as the potential of laser communications to connect satellites together, and to use those same satellites to conduct missile tracking from low Earth orbit (LEO).

Link 16 Coverage From Space, Laser Communications Relays Make Major Advances

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 17, 2024

The U.S. Space Force second-in-command has provided updates on plans for the service’s introduction of space-based ground moving-target indicator and air moving-target indicator (GMTI/AMTI) capabilities.

U.S. To Track Moving Air And Ground Targets Via Space By 2030, But Aircraft Will Still Play A Part

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 5, 2024

Ukraine has used a crowd-funded satellite to attack more than 1,500 targets in Ukraine and Russia.

“People’s Satellite” Helped Ukraine Hit Over 1,000 Targets Spy Agency Says

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 27, 2024

Artist rendering of NGI in flight.

Showdown Brewing Over Ballistic Missile Interceptor Site On East Coast

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 11, 2024

The White House has confirmed that a recently disclosed serious national security threat is indeed related to a Russian anti-satellite capability under development, but many questions remain.

Russia’s “Highly Concerning” Anti-Satellite Super Weapon: What Are The Possibilities?

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 15, 2024

The US Space Force's top officer says he is extremely concerned by Russian and Chinese threats to American space-based assets.

Threats In Space “Extremely Concerning”: Space Force Boss

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 15, 2024

A cryptic press release has revealed concerns about a reported Russian space-based capability that poses a serious and destabilizing threat to national security.

Alarm Raised Over Destabilizing New Russian Threat In Space: Reports

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 14, 2024