SpaceX wins $4 billion contract for Trump’s Golden Dome missile-tracking satellites

SpaceX has won a contract worth more than $4 billion to build satellites that would track foreign aircraft and missiles for President Donald Trump’s planned Golden Dome defense system, according to Bloomberg. The award underscores how central Elon Musk’s company is becoming to U.S. national security programs as it prepares for an initial public offering.

The Golden Dome project is intended to create a space-based defensive shield, and the satellites from SpaceX would be part of the sensing network needed to detect and follow incoming threats. Bloomberg reported that the contract is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to expand missile-tracking and defense capabilities in orbit.