US EditionPentagon Raises Golden Dome Cost to $185B to Speed Space Systems
The Pentagon increased Golden Dome’s budget by $10 billion to $185 billion to speed up space-based missile defense systems, with $25 billion already funded by Congress.
- On March 17, Gen. Michael Guetlein said the Pentagon raised Golden Dome baseline to $185 billion, a $10 billion increase.
- The program traces to an executive order after the second inauguration when President Donald Trump called for a multilayered homeland air defense; Golden Dome remains in early program status with limited public design detail.
- Officials are accelerating AMTI, the Space Data Network and HBTSS, expanding the command-and-control system to nine companies including Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, while warning affordability depends on scaling interceptors and 'magazine depth'.
- Congress has provided about $25 billion to seed Golden Dome, and leaders have met one-on-one with more than 400 companies while SHIELD contracting vehicle lists more than 2,400 awardees.
- Guetlein pushed back on outside estimates exceeding a trillion dollars, saying the objective architecture delivers into the 2035 timeframe with homeland defense implications.
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GMA Filipino NewsUS expands Golden Dome cost estimate to $185 billion, enlists top defense firms
ARLINGTON, Va. — The price tag for the Golden Dome missile defense shield has grown to $185 billion, up $10 billion, to accelerate key space-based capabilities, the program’s director said on Tuesday, adding that Lockheed Martin, RTX and Northrop Grumman have joined as prime contractors. Golden Dome envisions expanding ground-based defenses such as interceptor missiles, sensors and command-and-control systems while adding space-based elements me…
The cost of the American anti-Golden Dome defense programme was revised at an increase of 185 billion dollars, with more than 10 billion more than the previous estimate, to speed up the development of space capabilities, announced in March the programme director general Michael Guetlein, quoted by Reuters.
Space Force General Refutes Claims That ‘Golden Dome’ Program Will Cost Trillions
The United States Space Force general managing the Pentagon’s Golden Dome for America program acknowledged on March 17 that the price tag for the ambitious homeland missile defense system has increased by $10 billion to a projected $185 billion, but dismissed estimates it will ultimately cost trillions. “They’re not estimating what I’m building,” Golden Dome Director Gen. Michael Guetlein told defense analysts and contractors at the McAleese and…
Golden Dome cost estimate rises to $185 billion as Pentagon expands space layer
Guetlein: ‘We were asked to procure some additional space capabilities’ The post Golden Dome cost estimate rises to $185 billion as Pentagon expands space layer appeared first on SpaceNews.
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