#golden dome

Lawmakers are urging a return to regular bipartisan appropriations to save the Pentagon’s $185 billion Golden Dome homeland missile defense project. Reliance on controversial budget reconciliation packages and a current continuing resolution has left the critical defense initiative facing severe near-term funding shortfalls.

The U.S. Space Force is accelerating its Golden Dome missile defense architecture, targeting preliminary capability demonstrations by late 2026 and prototype flight testing for space-based orbital interceptors in 2027 to counter hypersonic and ballistic threats.