US Space Force Awards New “Golden Dome” Prototype Contracts, Launching Multi-Billion-Dollar Missile Defense Race

by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Washington D.C. Bureau Staff(Worthy News) – The U.S. Space Force has quietly awarded roughly half a dozen “Golden Dome” contracts to build competing space-based missile-defense prototypes, kicking off an industry race for future production deals worth tens of billions of dollars, according to multiple sources briefed on the awards.The early contracts went to a mix of major defense firms and fast-rising startups — Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, True