“What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rest upon the threat of instant U.S. retaliation to deter a Soviet attack, that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil or that of our allies?”

-Ronald Reagan, Strategic Defense Initiative Address to the Nation, 1983

In 2019, NATO formally recognized space as an operational domain. Adversaries are now deploying space-based assets that threaten U.S. space superiority, a cornerstone of national defense. Space is a unique domain that poses several challenges to traditional weapon systems:

A NEw domain of adversarial engagement

The time of an ICBM’s boost phase, when it is still above enemy territory. Space-based weapon systems must be able to sucessfuly intercept this threat within this timeframe.

a new era calls for radical solutions

The vision is not new — but the technology is. Since President Reagan’s 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative, the United States has sought to place defensive assets in orbit, but the tools of the time were inadequate. Today, at the dawn of a new era, we possess the means to deploy true space‑based weapon systems. Yet dominance will not come from progress alone — it demands radical innovation on several frontiers. At Victoria Defense, we are committed to developing the most advanced space-based interceptors.

Still from “STAR WARS - Strategic Defense Initiative”, 1983

ANDREW ANZE URSIC

Co-Founder & CEO

Multidisciplinary engineer and entrepreneur with a strong foundation in plasma physics and nuclear diagnostics. Experienced at guiding projects from initial concept to full realization, combining technical expertise with a hands‑on, results‑driven approach. First person at Penn State to achieve nuclear fusion with a custom Inertial Electrostatic Confinement fusion device. Prior to founding Victoria Defense, he spent 17 months as an R&D S&E Electrical Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories.