SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, signed a secret agreement worth $1.8 billion with the US government. reports The Wall Street Journal cites company documents.
It is stated that the agreement was signed in 2021 but was not disclosed to the public. The SpaceX document states that the money received from the government will play a key role in the company’s financial performance. However, the “government customer” was not disclosed.
Journalists emphasize that the secrecy and size of the agreement point to a growing connection between SpaceX and US national security authorities. According to the WSJ, the company has been cooperating with the US military since its founding in 2002. Later, SpaceX received a contract to launch a satellite in which United States intelligence was involved.
In 2022, the Pentagon instructed SpaceX to provide Starlink satellite internet to the Ukrainian military. The company also won a $70 million contract to deploy Starshield military satellites into space in 2023, which will provide communications services to U.S. Department of Defense allies.
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