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Over the last two years, Sierra Space has been awarded $1.5 billion in defense contracts for satellites and components. That includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2024\/01\/16\/space-development-agency-to-buy-54-missile-tracking-satellites\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2024\/01\/16\/space-development-agency-to-buy-54-missile-tracking-satellites\/\">$740 million contract from the Space Development Agency<\/a> to produce 18 spacecraft for its missile-warning and tracking constellation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm also has more than 20 contracts to provide solar arrays and other satellite components. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erik Daehler, who will lead Sierra Space Defense after previously serving as the company\u2019s vice president for space programs, said the new unit positions the firm to support some of the defense industry\u2019s \u201chardest mission problems\u201d like Golden Dome \u2014 a Pentagon initiative to develop an advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/05\/20\/trump-estimates-golden-dome-will-cost-175b-over-three-years\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/05\/20\/trump-estimates-golden-dome-will-cost-175b-over-three-years\/\">homeland missile defense shield<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are mission-focused and dedicated to supporting our national security customers and the revitalization of the U.S. defense industrial base. Commercial space companies now have a profound responsibility to help lead an entirely new era for national defense,\u201d Daehler said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expanded production capacity, a 60,000 square-foot space, will be located in Centennial, Colorado. 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