Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.

Reuters notes that SpaceX likely won’t have anything to do with the “weaponization of satellites,” and would instead provide a constellation of satellites for missile tracki

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is frontrunner to win a $10 billion contract to build Donald Trump's proposed domestic missile shield, called—perhaps inevitably— the“Golden Dome.” Musk’s firm has formed a consortium with two other companies with close Trump ties—defense start-up Anduril,