Defense against Hypersonic Glide Vehicles

Pentagon seeks mobile radar to bolster Golden Dome missile defense underlayer​

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The Pentagon is seeking industry proposals for a new mobile radar system that could form a key part of the ground-based layer of its nascent Golden Dome for America missile defense initiative, issuing a detailed request for information that outlines ambitious tracking, discrimination and...
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Guetlein Talks Golden Dome Priorities, Says Missile Interceptors are Feasible​

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Guetlein: First Priority for Golden Dome Is Command and Control

Space Force Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, the new head of the Golden Dome missile defense project, talked command and control and interceptors.
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Here’s the role that space-based interceptors will play in Golden Dome​

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Here’s the role that space-based interceptors will play in Golden Dome - Breaking Defense

A key advantage of SBIs is they can defeat missile threats earlier in their trajectory.
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Space-based interceptors (SBIs) are poised to become reality through Golden Dome for America, a once-in-a-generation missile defense initiative announced via executive order earlier this year. An innovative concept first developed as part of President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Golden Dome will field for the first time an integrated network of SBIs as part of an orbital system designed to defend against ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
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OMG, they went there, check the acronym. :D
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Less tortured than the Marvel version...

Though obviously we're seeing slipping education. The last missile defense shield the US designed was named for Zeus's impenetrable shield. I'm sure there's another deific shield name out there to use!
 

MDA seeks sub-$1M interceptor white papers to flip cost paradigm, deal with mass raids​

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The Missile Defense Agency is seeking industry proposals for a new class of low-cost interceptors to blunt the threat of massed missile attacks in a new project that aims to develop modular weapons that cost less than $750,000 apiece and can be produced on a compressed schedule to counter...
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Golden Dome: Tackling the myths and rumors around America’s new missile shield​

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Golden Dome: Tackling the myths and rumors around America's new missile shield [VIDEO] - Breaking Defense

Breaking Defense kicks off a new video series on Golden Dome, starting with a primer on what you need to know.
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Rebuilding Arctic Defenses Will Be Key to Golden Dome: Report​

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Rebuilding Arctic Defenses Will Be Key to Golden Dome: Report

America's network of ground, air, and space-based defenses across the Arctic must be modernized for Golden Dome, according to a new report.
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EXCLUSIVE: DoD envisions prize competition for boost-phase SBI prototypes​

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EXCLUSIVE: DoD envisions prize competition for boost-phase SBI prototypes - Breaking Defense

The plan faces some skepticism from industry, citing massive investment requirement for potentially relatively little.
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The plan is encapsulated in preliminary “lines of effort” (LOEs) provided to industry last month and obtained by Breaking Defense. The LOEs cover two types of prototype interceptors: endo-atmospheric, designed to shoot down incoming missiles before they leave the atmosphere, and exo-atmospheric, designed to hit them just after they pass over the notional line into space and achieve 120 kilometers (74.6 miles) in altitude.
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Pentagon kicks off space-based interceptor development, $5.6B available to fuel effort​

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The Space Force has formally launched a competition to prototype space-based interceptors, issuing a Sept. 18 request for proposals even as analysts and former senior defense officials warn that physics and budget realities cast long shadows over the Trump administration's centerpiece Golden...
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Satellite radios sought for Golden Dome interceptor demo​

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Satellite radios sought for Golden Dome interceptor demo

Satellite radios sought for Golden Dome interceptor demo Starlink-compatible radios sought for Golden Dome interceptor satellite demo
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The planned demonstration would use radio-frequency communications terminals to establish satellite-to-satellite links between a government-owned communications satellite and a mock space-based interceptor (SBI).

“The government believes that the best approach for a low size, weight, and power (SWaP) solution in support of Golden Dome space-based interceptor (SBI) risk reduction and notional comm requirements will fall within the L/S-band spectrum and use the Link-182 waveform,” the BAA stated.
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Lockheed To Test Golden Dome Space-Based Missile Interceptor In Orbit By 2028​

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

Space-based interceptors are a key part of the Golden Dome missile defense vision, but are also one of its most challenging.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7tC47s5Vhs


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Startup Apex Latest to Plan Golden Dome Demo with Launch Set for 2026​

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Startup Apex Plans Golden Dome Demo with Launch Set for 2026

Satellite firm Apex is planning a 2026 demonstration of a space-based interceptor host platform to validate technology for Golden Dome.
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Apex | Project Shadow

America's First Commercially-Led, On-Orbit Space-Based Interceptor Demonstration.
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What is the benefit of an Orbital Magazine?​

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Orbital Magazines host one or many interceptors, allowing thousands of SBIs to be staged in orbit, ready to combat large-scale missile attacks, avoiding the absentee problem and allowing for a diverse deployment strategy.
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By centralizing key functionality to the Orbital Magazine, the SBIs themselves can be simplified — increasing performance while reducing costs and leading to increased success of a missile defense shield over America and our allies.
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The HYDIS program is progressing smoothly.

Initial Concept Review successfully finalised for HYDIS

Another key milestone achieved for the European consortium for the Hypersonic Defence Interceptor System©MBDAAfter the first contractual milestone, the Solution Space Review successfully held on December 2024, the HYDIS Concept Phase related to th
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INITIAL CONCEPT REVIEW SUCCESSFULLY FINALISED FOR HYDIS​

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Another key milestone achieved for the European consortium for the Hypersonic Defence Interceptor System​

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After the first contractual milestone, the Solution Space Review successfully held on December 2024, the HYDIS Concept Phase related to the future interceptor concept aimed at counter-acting the current and emerging hypersonic threats, done alongside the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR - representing the Granting Authority on behalf of the European Commission and the Contracting Authority representing the Participating States), achieved another key milestone with the Initial Concept Review
With the Steering Committee held on October 24th 2025 at OCCAR offices in Montrouge, HYDIS Consortium, led by MBDA, marked a notable achievement along the path of the current Concept Phase, with the completion of the Initial Concepts Review (ICR).

The HYDIS Consortium worked successfully on the down-selection and assessment of the two most promising interceptor concepts, starting from the set of options brought forward from the Solution Space Review. Drawing on the Concept Robustness analysis completed in the first half of 2025, the HYDIS Team has delivered to the participating states DE, FR, IT and NL (*) a comprehensive technical data package. This package includes a detailed value analysis of candidate interceptor concepts, evaluated against the jointly agreed CONOPS and metrics. The project has since converged on a propulsive architecture for both the initial acceleration and mid-course phases and is now advancing investigations into Kill Vehicle designs.

Critical to the project’s success and the timely achievement of all planned milestones is the early and proactive engagement of the participating states during the Concept Phase. This has been facilitated through a series of workshops focused on discussing the information provided by the Nations, enabling a consistent and timely alignment on common user requirements. This process will be finalized in early 2026 during the Mission Definition Review.

With the ICR milestone achievement, the Project has now entered the third step of the Concept Phase to further mature and assess the interceptor design and allow the down-selection to one concept at the Final Concept Review in 2026. Such progress is the result of the successful cooperation of the 19 Partners of the HYDIS consortium that is pushing forward the technical elements necessary to get to the new interceptor solution.
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