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• AST SpaceMobile secures role on MDA SHIELD defense architecture SpaceDaily · 22 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 AST SpaceMobile has been selected for a prime contract position on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, program, placing it...
• MDA Space wins role in US SHIELD missile defense program SpaceDaily · 12 Jan 2026 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026 MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA) reports it has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Missile Defense Agency for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterpr...
• Missile Defense Agency clarifies ‘SHIELD’ vendor selection is not a Golden Dome preview SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 MDA selected 1,014 vendors for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program
• L3Harris gains edge in race to build Golden Dome missile sensors SpaceNews · 25 Apr 2025 The Missile Defense Agency confirmed that L3Harris' Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) satellite prototype met performance targets in tests.
• Missile Defense Agency opens door to commercial firms for “Golden Dome” project SpaceNews · 6 Apr 2025 A conference later this month will explore space-interception concepts, with particular interest in boost-phase capabilities.
• NASA Wallops to Support January Sounding Rocket Launch NASA · 10 Jan 2025 A suborbital rocket is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window extending from Monday, Jan. 13, through Thursday, Jan. 16. This launch supports the Missile Defense Agency, Naval...
• SpaceX launches U.S. missile-defense satellites SpaceNews · 14 Feb 2024 The USSF-124 mission carried six small satellites: two for the Missile Defense Agency and four for the Space Development Agency.
• New tri-agency office to coordinate U.S. missile-defense space programs SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2022 The Space Systems Command, the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency have formed a new program office to coordinate disparate procurements of satellites to detect ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
• L3Harris’ missile-tracking satellites pass critical design reviews SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2021 Missile-tracking satellites developed by L3Harris for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Space Development Agency passed critical design reviews.
• Valley Tech Systems wins $94 million missile defense contract SpaceNews · 7 Dec 2021 Valley Tech Systems, a firm recently acquired by Voyager Space, won a $94 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide a solid propulsion subsystem for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Next Generation Interceptor.
• Missile Defense Agency confirms deployment of cubesats launched by Virgin Orbit SpaceNews · 12 Jul 2021 Two Missile Defense Agency cubesats launched June 30 on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne successfully began communicating with ground stations last week, the agency announced July 12.
• Virgin Orbit’s first operational mission deploys military CubeSats Spaceflight Now · 1 Jul 2021 Virgin Orbit’s air-launched rocket aced its first operational mission Wednesday, firing into orbit from the wing of a 747 carrier jet southwest of Los Angeles to deploy small satellites for the U.S. Army, Navy, the Missi...
• Northrop Grumman and L3Harris to build sensor satellites for Missile Defense Agency SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2021 The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $155 million contract Jan. 22. L3Harris received a $121 million contract Jan. 14.
• CesiumAstro founder closes in on decades-old dream SpaceNews · 17 Dec 2020 CesiumAstro has raised $29.2 million to date to establish its business of selling phased array communications and radio frequency sensing payloads for government and commercial customers including the Aerospace Corp., Ai...