Industry eyes ‘wicked hard’ Golden Dome space interceptor challenge
18-04-2025 21:58 via defenseone.com

Industry eyes ‘wicked hard’ Golden Dome space interceptor challenge

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—As defense contractors await firm direction from the Pentagon on Golden Dome, executives say the technology already exists to start developing space-based interceptors capable of hitting missiles in their boost phase—but admit it’s no easy feat.“Golden Dome” surfaced in almost every conversation at this year’s Space Symposium here, with aerospace giants to startups pitching their wares for President Trump’s next-generation missile
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