C2 technologies are central to Golden Dome for America, playing a critical role in processing data from diverse sensors and coordinating immediate responses, including interceptor launches. These systems also ensure cyber-resilient communications and enable synchronised, cross-domain decision-making by fusing trusted, multi-source data.
“This rapid C2 prototyping effort is one among many within Lockheed Martin demonstrating how we can support the US Government as a Golden Dome for America mission partner,” said Daniel Nimblett, Vice President of Layered Homeland Defense at Lockheed Martin. “Through a series of demonstrations, we’ll fuse existing C2 capabilities from across industry and government into a scalable baseline that delivers real-time situational awareness and enables informed decision-making to defend the nation.”
Prototyping activities are already underway at The Lighthouse, where real-world capabilities are being assessed against both current and emerging threats across land, air, sea and space. These include technologies for threat evaluation, battle management, mission planning, sensor tasking, AI/ML integration, joint planning, and robust data link sharing.
“Golden Dome for America is a challenge unlike anything attempted at this scale or on this timeline, and we’re moving fast to bring together connected C2 capabilities that work now,” said Thad Beckert, Golden Dome C2 Director at Lockheed Martin. “This prototyping approach is a novel method to provide evolutionary capability for an unprecedented effort. This environment offers the government the ability to experiment and exercise with technologies that weren’t originally built to work together and make them operate cohesively.”
The Lighthouse supports experimentation at multiple classification levels and is equipped for modelling and simulation, wargaming, Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) experimentation, complex demonstrations, tabletop exercises and analytical workshops. Its infrastructure has already facilitated collaboration across government, academia and industry.
Looking ahead, Lockheed Martin plans to work closely with government and industry partners to incorporate technologies from across the defence sector. “We’ve built an environment where multiple companies can come together, collaborate and deliver real mission outcomes fast,” said Beckert. “No one company is going to bring all of the solutions, we are committed to working across industry to help the government succeed in achieving a unified, layered homeland defence that will protect our nation now and well into the future.”
Golden Dome for America is the U.S. government’s effort to build a layered, Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) architecture to safeguard the homeland against evolving threats. Lockheed Martin, as a long-standing mission partner, brings proven capabilities across all domains and will work alongside America’s industrial base to support delivery of this critical defence initiative ahead of 2028.
