The test was also a validation for Boeing Huntsville's Ground-Based Midcourse Defense, designed to detect, intercept and destroy intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Trump shared some details about the Golden Dome missile defense system last month in the Oval Office, estimating it will cost about $175 billion to bring online during his term in office.

In a June 10 post on X, Republican Rep. Dale Strong, whose 5th District includes Huntsville, Madison and Redstone Arsenal, wrote that forming the Golden Dome Caucus, “signals a new era of ...

But where that project delivered a functional weapon in just a few years, The Golden Dome faces far more complicated technical, financial, and strategic hurdles.

So, $25 billion to launch Golden Dome would represent only 2.5% of the total requested defense budget. Advertisement Of course, that is still a lot of money, and a lot of other programs will need ...

President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, on May 20, 2025.The system is intended to protect the United States from ballistic, cruise and ...

Missile defense systems are nothing new. History shows that even if they work as advertised – a big if – they’re a bad idea if your aim is to make your country safer from nuclear attack.

Golden Dome, President Donald Trump’s proposed U.S. missile defense system, could leverage AI services to boost the system’s autonomy and reduce the manpower required for the system’s ...

Ukraine's covert drone attack on Sunday has implications for the US's Golden Dome, a top general said. Gen. David Allvin said the future US air defense network must be able to counter small drones ...

Golden Dome must rapidly detect the launch, identify the threat type, calculate an intercept solution, and execute all in near real time. That requires a sophisticated network of space-based sensors, ...

The administration expects Golden Dome to cost $175 billion over the next three years—a bill too big for the Space Force to front out of its own budget.

The Golden Dome represents the administration’s answer to evolving threats from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, whose advancing missile capabilities have exposed gaps in America’s ...