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A medium range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, as part of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a), held on March 30, 2023 in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. (MDA photo)

Space Force stands up planning team to assess tech for Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’

The technical integrated planning team is currently analyzing technological maturity, cost estimates and capability gaps of space systems that could be part of the architecture, according to…
A Space X Falcon 9 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Feb. 14, 2024. The rocket was launched as part of classified mission USSF-124, sending six satellites to orbit – two for the Missile Defense Agency and four for the Space Development Agency. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Contreras)

SDA gets new acting director amid investigation of Derek Tournear

The Department of the Air Force placed Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear on administrative leave in January.
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he and First Lady Melania Trump prepare to depart the White House aboard Marine One on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Trump revives push for space-based interceptors in ‘Iron Dome for America’ edict

The new executive order tasks Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to deliver a comprehensive plan for a next-generation homeland missile defense reference architecture in the next 60…
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