Business Wire·Feb 11, 2026, 8:00 AM ET

Momentus CEO John Rood Scheduled to Speak on Golden Dome Panel at SmallSat Symposium 2026

Momentus CEO John Rood will speak on a panel titled "Golden Dome: Harnessing SmallSat Agility for Responsive, Integrated, and Resilient Defense Systems" at the SmallSat Symposium 2026 on February 11, 2026, in Mountain View, California.
The panel focuses on how small satellite architectures are reshaping defense readiness by enabling faster deployment, greater resilience, & distributed capabilities.
In December 2025, Momentus was awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of War's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) vehicle.
The SHIELD contract has a ceiling of up to $151 billion over 10 years & covers missile tracking, resilient communications, technology demonstrations, space-based sensors, & other national defense missions.
The contract structure involves recurring task orders across multiple mission areas, allowing Momentus to compete for rapid awards within a major national security modernization effort.
Rood will highlight the growing importance of on-orbit mobility, a capability Momentus is developing through its in-space transportation & repositioning services to meet defense agency needs for maneuvering, refreshing, & reconstituting space assets.
Momentus utilizes its Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle to provide services including hosted payloads, in-space assembly, on-orbit servicing, refueling, & satellite transportation to specific orbits for government & commercial customers.