{"id":3120,"date":"2026-08-12T16:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:21:06","slug":"sierra-space-awarded-798-million-missile-defense-contract-for-golden-dome-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/sierra-space-awarded-798-million-missile-defense-contract-for-golden-dome-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Space Awarded $798 Million Missile Defense Contract for Golden Dome Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sierra Space has been awarded a Firm Fixed Price Other Transactional Agreement (OTA) by the Space Development Agency (SDA) with a total potential value of $798 million to design, manufacture, and deliver 18 missile warning, missile tracking, and missile defense satellites for the Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 (AMDT3) tracking layer. The award solidifies the company&#8217;s position as a prime contractor and mission integrator in the rapidly growing national security space market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dan Jablonsky, CEO of Sierra Space, stated:<\/strong><br>&#8220;This contract demonstrates Sierra Space&#8217;s capabilities as a formidable player in American national security. We&#8217;re honoured to partner with SDA as a prime contractor to deliver on the nation&#8217;s space-based missions. By combining cutting-edge design and manufacturing systems with industrial depth and systems integration expertise, we&#8217;re able to move faster, manage risk better, and deliver more cost-effective solutions. AMDT3 is proof that our approach is working, and we&#8217;re just getting started.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Proven Track Record Enables Immediate Execution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 18 AMDT3 satellites will be based on the Horizon spacecraft, one of three satellites in the Sierra Space Eclipse Satellite Family, the same proven platform used for the company&#8217;s successful Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program. Sierra Space has completed all 18 space vehicle structure builds of the T2 program and is preparing for qualification testing of the nine-satellite launch configuration this summer, followed by system verification testing later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AMDT3 award supports Golden Dome for America&#8217;s space-based capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sierra Space has been awarded a Firm Fixed Price Other Transactional Agreement (OTA) by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[542,549,550,545,548,546,551,547,544,543],"class_list":["post-3120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news","tag-amdt3","tag-dan-jablonsky","tag-eclipse-family","tag-golden-dome","tag-horizon-spacecraft","tag-missile-defense","tag-ota","tag-satellite-tracking","tag-sda","tag-sierra-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3145,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions\/3145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacepreneurmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}