Pentagon must rank priorities, not fear Golden Dome budget squeeze, lawmaker says

Pentagon must rank priorities, not fear Golden Dome budget squeeze, lawmaker says

SIMI VALLEY, CA -- A senior Republican lawmaker defended the Golden Dome missile defense project as a necessary budgeting choice, saying leaders must rank competing priorities rather than assume the program will divert money from other missions. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) said on Dec. 6 at the Reagan National Defense Forum here that the Defense Department doesn’t have the funding to move forward on every project that’s out there, and noted national…

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Space Force Taps Primes for ‘Golden Dome’ Prototypes; MTSI Lands $416M AFGSC Order – SatNews

WASHINGTON — As reported earlier this week on SatNews, the Department of Defense has initiated a significant strategic pivot in homeland defense architecture, awarding initial prototype contracts for space-based interceptors under the “Golden Dome” program while simultaneously fortifying nuclear deterrence capabilities through a massive new engineering support vehicle. Strategic Shift to Space-Based Interceptors In a decisive move to operational…