Overview
- Space Force confirmed it issued multiple space-based interceptor prototype awards through Other Transaction Agreements, withholding contractor identities and values under enhanced security rules.
- Because the awards are small and use OTAs, officials said they are not subject to standard public disclosure thresholds under federal acquisition regulations.
- Reuters, citing sources briefed on the awards, reported that Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Anduril and True Anomaly are among the initial winners.
- Program materials describe prize-style incentives, including a $340 million pool for successful on-orbit tests and projected production awards worth roughly $1.8 billion to $3.4 billion per year.
- Analysts continue to question feasibility, noting boost-phase concepts may require very large constellations of interceptors, as the Pentagon also moves to open a kinetic midcourse interceptor solicitation in early December with awards planned for February 2026.