Pentagon advances Golden Dome missile defense with new Space Force contracts

The U.S. Space Force has awarded about a half dozen small Golden Dome contracts to build competing missile defense prototypes, kicking off a race for future deals worth tens of billions of dollars, according to two sources briefed on the matter. The awards went to several companies including Northrop Grumman , True Anomaly, Lockheed Martin and Anduril, the sources said.