Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the Golden Dome initiative in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025. | Alex Brandon/AP By Audrey Decker, Published by Politico, 14 January 2026 Much of the president’s signature defense shield isn’t even supposed to be based on land. President Donald Trump has linked
The Upgraded Early Warning Radar at Thule Air Base, Greenland, Aug. 10, 2022. U.S. Space Force / Paul Honnick By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 13 January 2025 Longstanding diplomatic agreements and an existing U.S. base already enable military expansion. National security experts reject President Donald Trump’s claim that
Image: Lockheed Martin. By Martin Chomsky, Published by Defense Industry Europe, 27 December 2025 Rafael Systems Global Sustainment (RSGS) has been selected as an awardee in the Missile Defense Agency’s second series of staggered awards under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity
An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Ingolf Kiesaw, Published by Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien, 22 December 2025 SIPRI's 2024 yearbook is titled “Role of nuclear weapons grows as geopolitical relations deteriorate.” The content of that statement has grown in importance in 2025. Golden Dome On January 27, 2025, just
A Standard Missile-3 is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of the Missile Defense Agency's Flight Experiment Mission-02. Credit: Missile Defense Agency By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 3 December 2025 WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency said its selection of
Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) By Stephen Losey, Published by Defense News, 3 December 2025 Companies such as BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, L3Harris and General Atomics are among the more than 1,000 firms
President Donald Trump announces plans for Golden Dome at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 26 November 2025 Federal regulations don’t require disclosure for awards under $9 million. Space Force officials declined to name winners of
Illustration of Golden Dome technology. Credit: Redwire By Najam Ul Hassan, Published by Space News, 24 November 2025 Star Wars is back in vogue with President Trump’s executive order to establish the “Golden Dome” missile defense shield. It will feature an ambitious space-based boost-phase interceptor program in addition to terrestrial systems. While
