Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly the ‘frontrunner’ for Trump’s missile shield contract

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. SpaceX is in the lead to help President Donald Trump create the “Golden Dome” missile defense system, according to Reuters. The Elon Musk-owned company is reportedly working with the data analysis firm Palantir and the defense company Anduril to build “key parts” of the Golden Dome that, like Israel’s Iron Dome, would intercept and destroy incoming missiles. As reported by Reuters, the companies proposed launching 400 to more than 1,000 satellites to sense and track missiles. It would also have “a separate fleet of 200 attack satellites armed with missiles or lasers” to take down missiles. Trump signed an executive order in January to build the “Iron Dome for America,” but some estimate it could take years to implement. Related People are turning on Elon Musk Reuters notes that SpaceX likely won’t have anything to do with the “weaponiza ... Read full article.