MDA cancels Space-Based Interceptor industry event, halting Golden Dome momentum

By Jason Sherman / June 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Pentagon has quietly canceled a long-anticipated industry engagement on space-based missile interceptors, dealing another setback to the Trump administration's push to rapidly launch the most ambitious element of its new national missile defense initiative, Golden Dome. On June 3, the Missile Defense Agency terminated the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) Industry Engagement event, originally planned for late April in Huntsville, AL. This marks the second time the government has scuttled the event, which was intended to solicit proposals from defense contractors...

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