Executive Order 14369, Ensuring American Space Superiority

… <p class="wp-block-paragraph">(i)    developing and demonstrating prototype next-generation missile defense technologies by 2028 to progressively and materially enhance America&#8217;s air and missile defenses pursuant to Executive Order 14186 of January 27, 2025 (The Iron Dome for America);</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">(ii) &nbsp;&nbsp;ensuring the ability to detect, characterize, and counter threats to United States space interests from very low-Earth orbit and through cislunar space, including any placement of nuclear weapons in space;</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">(iii) &nbsp;creating a responsive and adaptive national security space architecture by accelerating acquisition reform, integrating commercial space capabilities, and enabling new market entrants; and</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">(iv) &nbsp;&nbsp;strengthening ally and partner contributions to United States and collective space security, including through increased space security spending, operational cooperation, basing agreements, and ally and partner investments in America&#8217;s space industrial base;</p> …