New Delhi: Both China and Russia have demonstrated complex and sophisticated proximity operations with their satellites, and have invested in highly manoeuvrable vehicles in space. Along with ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles and advanced cruise missiles, the adversaries of USA can strike faster and in greater volume, with more advanced weapons than ever before. The US Space Force is deploying the Golden Dome to protect the US homeland and Anduril has bagged a contract with a team of industry partners to develop, test and deliver solutions in support of the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) programme. These interceptors are envisioned as an affordable, scalable technology to counter the rapidly-evolving missile threat.
Anduril will be working closely with Impulse Space, Inversion Space, K2 Space, Sandia National Labs and Voyager Technologies on the interceptors. President and COO of Impulse Space, Eric Romo said, “The Golden Dome program requires advanced solutions, which is where Impulse excels. Not only has our team proven its capability to do hard things quickly, but our spacecraft have too. We’re excited to work on missions that are technically challenging and globally meaningful, and Golden Dome is both.”
A number of private industry partners collaborating on mission
Cofounder and CEO of Inversion, Justin Fiashcetti said, “Inversion is excited to partner with Anduril on this critical national security and technical challenge. As a team focused on advanced capabilities, we’re building systems designed for speed, scale, and real operational use. Together, our teams are accelerating the next generation of defense capabilities, bringing forces to deliver decisive impact.” Co-founder and CEO of K2 Space, Karan Kunjur said, “K2 Space is building satellites that are bigger and more powerful than anything on orbit, and we’re proud to be involved with Golden Dome to demonstrate what our technologies can bring to the warfighter. We’re honored to partner with Anduril, who shares our vision of building at speed and scale to advance America’s national security.”