Pentagon Taps 12 Companies for Golden Dome SBI Tech

Image: AstraCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO—Skeet shooting only works with a target. The same is true of interceptor tests. Astra is pitching its small rockets to the Pentagon as a potential target for Golden Dome interceptor tests, CEO Chris Kemp told Payload. “We’re going to do target practice. We’re going to make the clay-pigeon rocket,” Kemp said. “That’s great, because that will drive scale for us…and allow us to bring our cost down for commercial customers, and other government customers.”Keep reading