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The SCO plans to hold a classified Industry Day in Chantilly, Virginia, on September 14–16, 2026.

The SCO aims to accelerate the development of a family of next-generation, maneuverable, high-precision hypersonic weapons specifically designed to penetrate advanced defensive architectures. These weapons will span multiple programs and utilize various configuration combinations, specifically involving:

Different stand-off ranges

Different booster sizes

Different payload packages

The objective is to provide the Department of Defense with flexible options for engaging a wide range of targets.
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Q-CTRL Achieves World’s First GPS-Free Quantum Gravimetric Navigation Demonstration in Maritime Field Trial​

Q-CTRL Achieves World’s First GPS-Free Quantum Gravimetric Navigation Demonstration in Maritime Field Trial | Q-CTRL
The company’s quantum navigation system maintained one nautical mile positioning accuracy over the mission duration, surpassing navigation-grade GNSS backups by more than 10 times.
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Gravitics Wins Lockheed Martin Deal to Build Three Orbital Carriers for Golden Dome​

Gravitics has been selected by Lockheed Martin to build three spacecraft for demonstrations of space-based missile defense technologies under the Pentagon's Golden Dome program. The selection, disclosed in regulatory filings, marks one of the first known industrial contracts tied directly to the Golden Dome architecture.
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Gravitics will build three orbital carriers under the arrangement. The work falls under the Golden Dome space-based missile defense program, and the platforms are intended to support demonstrations of missile defense technologies in orbit.
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Gravitics Wins Lockheed Martin Deal to Build Three Orbital Carriers for Golden Dome

Gravitics has been selected by Lockheed Martin to build three spacecraft for demonstrations of space-based missile defense technologies under the Pentagon's Golden Dome program. The selection, disclosed in regulatory filings, marks one of the first known industrial contracts tied directly to the...
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Space Force Expects to Spend $17B More on Launch as Demand Soars​

Space Force Expects to Spend $17B More on Launch as Demand Soars
Those increases are revealed in the latest version of the National Security Space Launch program’s selected acquisition report
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The surge in demand comes as the Space Force is planning to field large numbers of satellites in the coming years to support missions like satellite communications, space domain awareness, missile warning, and moving target indication. NSSL also supports the National Reconnaissance Office and other classified customers who are fielding proliferated constellations of their own.
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The growing manifest is also likely to support Golden Dome, a sprawling, layered, missile defense architecture. The Space Force is supporting that program in a few ways, including by developing space-based interceptors that can engage a missile during the boost and midcourse phases of flight. Initial prototypes of those spacecraft are expected to be integrated into the Golden Dome architecture by 2028.

The Space Development Agency is also fielding a missile defense and tracking constellation and recently announced it would add 36 more satellites to that architecture to support Golden Dome. Those satellites are also scheduled to be ready for launch by 2028.
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The U.S. Army has moved the TITAN program from prototyping into production. Palantir and Anduril have received a combined $192 million — $127 million for Palantir and $65 million for Anduril — to build the first production batch of these mobile intelligence nodes, designed to speed the collection, fusion, and delivery of targeting data against distant threats.TITAN’s purpose is to pull sensor data from space, air, and ground sources into a single, AI-enabled system and get usable targeting information to units faster. It is not just another comms vehicle. It is meant to shorten the path from detection to decision — and from sensor to shooter.
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Palantir leads overall architecture, software, and production. Anduril supplies the ruggedized vehicle-mounted hardware, including power, thermal management, cooling, and mission shelters. Two variants are planned: a heavier Advanced version for tactical trucks (FMTV) at corps and theater level, and a more mobile Basic version for JLTVs (with additional work on Infantry Squad Vehicles).The first four Advanced and four Basic systems are scheduled for delivery within 18 months. They will join the nine prototype units the Army already keeps in operational use.
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NEW: The Pentagon wants AI to turn raw space and missile-warning data into actionable threat intelligence in as little as 2 seconds.A Defense Innovation Unit solicitation released on Sept. 10 seeks a “Space Threat Intelligence Synthesis Engine” that can ingest live video, satellite imagery, radar, geospatial data, sensor feeds, and classified intelligence, then identify threats and generate confidence-scored alerts almost instantly.
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The scale is aggressive, with up to 5 GB of incoming data per minute, a maximum 5-second data-to-display latency, and a 2-second objective. The system would distinguish closely spaced objects, attribute events to specific threat actors or platforms, and continuously update its understanding of weapons-system capabilities.
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The Pentagon wants machine-to-machine APIs that feed intelligence directly into automated command-and-control systems, effectively compressing the time between detecting a potential threat in space and acting on that information. The bids are due Sept. 24.
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U.S. Has Space Weapons On Orbit Now, Air Force Secretary Says​

U.S. Has Space Weapons On Orbit Now, Air Force Secretary Says | Aviation Week
The first launch of satellites for a future space-based air moving target indication (AMTI) network will take place this month, Meink added. In July, the Space Force awarded SpaceX a $1.6 billion contract under the National Security Space Launch program to support 18 launches related to Space-based AMTI and the Space Data Network, Aviation Week previously reported.
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How the Space Force Is Preparing for Its New Moving Target Missions​

How the Space Force Is Preparing for New Moving Target Missions

The Space Force is preparing to launch and operate fleets of satellites that can track moving targets in the air and on the ground.
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The NRO has launched some ground moving target indicator, or GMTI, satellites as part of its multimission proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation. And the head of Combat Forces Command, Lt. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, told reporters Sept. 16 that the Space Force expects to launch a new GMTI capability called Resilient Radar System-Ground in the next year or two. Those spacecraft are being built by Northrop Grumman, he said during a briefing at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference.
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The Space Force is also on the verge of launching its first space-based air moving target indicator, or AMTI, satellites. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Sept. 14 the spacecraft would launch later this month. Acquisition officials have declined to detail how many satellites will launch or provide a date for the mission. The only Space Force launch scheduled for this month, according to Spaceflight Now’s public launch listing, is USSF-259, a classified payload slated to lift off Sept. 16 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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BREAKING: The Pentagon has laid out its clearest Golden Dome timeline yet, targeting an initial U.S. missile shield in 2028 before transitioning to a purpose-built architecture by 2035.
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Gen. Michael Guetlein, who leads the program, said the Pentagon will first stitch together existing military systems to deliver an initial defensive capability, according to SpaceNews.That means the 2028 version will not be the finished Golden Dome. It will rely heavily on integrating sensors, interceptors, command networks and other capabilities already fielded or under development.
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The second stage would replace that patchwork with a more affordable architecture designed specifically for homeland defense by 2035, including new missile-tracking satellites, data networks and potentially space-based interceptors.The Space Force is already working with 12 companies toward an initial space-based interceptor capability in 2028.
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