Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to win the contract to build a multi-billion-dollar satellite constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO), called MILNET, to support President Trump’s Golden Dome missile-defense shield.

According to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the new space program, funding for the so-called “air moving target indicator” system was included in the tax-and-spending bill that Trump signed in July, though it wasn’t publicly linked to SpaceX or any other contractor.

The Musk-led company could build as many as 600 satellites designed to track hypersonic missiles, aircraft, and drones that threaten the U.S. and parts of the Western Hemisphere, as the Trump administration pushes ahead with “Monroe Doctrine 2.0,” better known to readers as “hemispheric defense”, an investing theme we’ve outlined countless times this year.

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