Pentagon opens Golden Dome industry hub to widen competition and accelerate commercial technology into $185 billion missile defence programme
The platform will allow registered organisations to submit concepts and designs directly to programme decision-makers.
Pentagon plans 2026 tests and 2027 orbital flights for Golden Dome space interceptors in $3.2 billion prototype race, Bloomberg reports
The Pentagon aims to begin testing space-based missile interceptors by the end of 2026, with the first orbital flight demonstrations planned for 2027, Bloomberg reported.
Leidos to supply infrared sensors for 18 Sierra Space missile-tracking satellites supporting Golden Dome for America network
Leidos has been selected to equip 18 Sierra Space satellites with infrared missile-tracking payloads.
Northrop Grumman expects Golden Dome contract awards to accelerate as U.S. homeland missile defense funding moves into procurement
Northrop Grumman expects U.S. contract activity under the Golden Dome homeland missile defense initiative to accelerate through the end of 2026 and into early 2027.
U.S. Space Force selects Johns Hopkins APL to guide Space-Based Interceptor architecture for Golden Dome missile defense program
The U.S. Space Force selected Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory to guide the Space-Based Interceptor program.
Lockheed Martin CEO says its laser weapon passed first Golden Dome missile-defense test, leading to new Pentagon contract weeks later
Lockheed Martin won a Pentagon contract for a new high-power laser weapon just two weeks after a successful test under the Golden Dome missile defense program.
Golden Dome: Eos wins U.S. missile defense energy storage contract with Pittsburgh-built Z3 battery systems
Eos Energy Enterprises said it won a Golden Dome for America contract. The award links its battery technology to U.S. missile defense infrastructure.
SDA awards $1.75 billion for Tranche 3 missile defense satellites supporting Golden Dome missile shield development
The Space Development Agency has awarded L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space agreements worth a combined approximately $1.75 billion to build 36 additional Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 space vehicles.
Pentagon rejects CBO’s $1.2 trillion Golden Dome estimate, saying it misreads missile defense plan
The Pentagon is pushing back against a Congressional Budget Office estimate that placed the 20-year cost of the Golden Dome missile defense program at $1.2 trillion.
Congressional Budget Office estimates Golden Dome missile defense system could cost $1.2 trillion
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the proposed Golden Dome missile defense system could cost approximately $1.2 trillion to develop, deploy and operate over the next 20 years.
Anduril leads industry team to develop space-based interceptors for U.S. Space Force Golden Dome program
Anduril Industries is leading a team of industry partners to develop space-based interceptor capabilities for the U.S. Space Force under the Golden Dome for America initiative.
Booz Allen Hamilton wins contract to develop Space-Based Interceptor prototype for Golden Dome missile defense program
Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded an agreement by the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to develop a prototype system for the Space-Based Interceptor program.