Anduril Industries and Palantir Technologies are working to develop software for the Golden Dome, a source familiar with the matter shared with Reuters. Aalyria Technologies, startup Scale AI, and software firm Swoop Technologies are also working on the project’s software.
The report noted that the Golden Dome’s price tag has increased by $10 billion for a total of $185 billion.
Several companies have been awarded contracts to begin developing prototypes of the Golden Dome missile defense program.
“The U.S. Space Force awarded multiple contracts for Space-Based Interceptor prototype agreements to multiple performers through competitive Other Transaction Agreements,” a spokesperson told Air & Space Forces Magazine in November. “The selection process was robust and thorough.”
Companies that received the initial contracts remain unknown, and contracts under a $9 million threshold are not publicly released.
In October, defense contractor Lockheed Martin created a prototyping hub for the development of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome. The Golden Dome for America Command and Control (C2) capability is considered critical for integrating data from sensors and vital to “interceptor launches,” the company explained.
Lockheed Martin has also created a prototyping hub for the development of the Golden Dome. The Golden Dome for America Command and Control (C2) capability is considered critical for integrating data from sensors and vital to “interceptor launches,” the defense contractor explained.
Thad Beckert, Golden Dome C2 director at Lockheed Martin, said the dome’s development is a challenge “unlike anything attempted at this scale or on this timeline, and we’re moving fast to bring together connected C2 capabilities that work now.” Beckert described the prototyping approach as a “novel method” intended to offer the government the “ability to experiment and exercise with technologies that weren’t originally built to work together and make them operate cohesively.”
