Gen. Mike Guetlein, Director of Golden Dome for America, announced the platform at the annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium. The Department said the Hub will serve as a common entry point for established defence contractors, technology companies, venture capital firms, academic institutions, research laboratories and nontraditional suppliers.
“To defeat a new generation of sophisticated, maneuvering aerial threats, we must build a defensive shield that adapts faster than the adversary,” Guetlein said. “We are doing this by cutting bureaucratic red-tape, harnessing innovation through partnerships, and leveraging the true power of the Arsenal of Freedom.”
The platform will allow registered organisations to submit concepts and designs directly to programme decision-makers. It will also provide real-time, unclassified information on Golden Dome capability gaps, allowing industry to align investment and research with active programme requirements.
The Department is seeking to bring commercial technology and private capital into the programme while increasing competition among suppliers. The strategy also calls for greater use of commercial off-the-shelf technologies as the government seeks to control costs across the planned missile defence architecture.
“While we are committed to making the necessary investments to defend and protect the nation, we are equally committed to being responsible with every dollar of the $185 billion we need to deliver Golden Dome. To do that, we are leveraging commercial-off-the-shelf technologies and fostering a competitive environment to drive down costs,” Guetlein said.
The Hub will also support efforts to strengthen supply chains and expand the industrial capacity available to Golden Dome. The Department said broader participation is intended to reduce lower-tier supply vulnerabilities, avoid dependence on individual vendors and establish capacity that can scale rapidly.
“Defense of the Homeland is a national imperative, and as a result requires a close partnership between industry and the government to leverage innovation to the maximum extent possible,” Guetlein said. The platform was developed with industry partners and is intended to shorten the path between emerging commercial technologies and potential defence applications.
“Our mission is to establish an unassailable, highly resilient industrial base built on transparency and collaborative problem-solving,” Guetlein said. “By bringing private capital, commercial agility, and national defense objectives into a single, accessible environment, the Hub ensures that our defensive network remains affordable, scalable, and secure against the very real threats of today and tomorrow.”
The Golden Dome for America Ecosystem Hub is now operational, with the Department encouraging interested companies and research organisations to register and submit initial capability information. The initiative establishes a new industry engagement mechanism as the United States develops the technologies, supply chains and production capacity required for the planned multi-layered homeland missile defence system.
