{"id":70920,"date":"2025-05-20T21:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T21:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/05\/20\/trump-estimates-golden-dome-will-cost-175b-over-three-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:17:54","slug":"trump-estimates-golden-dome-will-cost-175b-over-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2025\/05\/20\/trump-estimates-golden-dome-will-cost-175b-over-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump estimates Golden Dome will cost $175B over 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an Oval Office reveal Tuesday, flanked by U.S. military generals and Republican senators, President Donald Trump offered new details about his ambitious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/02\/25\/iron-dome-for-america-gets-a-golden-makeover\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/02\/25\/iron-dome-for-america-gets-a-golden-makeover\/\">Golden Dome missile shield project,<\/a> which he expects to have a price tag of around $175 billion and be completed before the end of his term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m pleased to announce that we have officially selected an architecture for this state-of-the-art system that will deploy next-generation technologies across the land, sea and space, including space-based sensors and interceptors,\u201d Trump said. \u201cOnce fully constructed, the Golden Dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from other sides of the world, and even if they\u2019re launched from space. And we will have the best system ever built.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also announced he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2025\/03\/06\/golden-dome-success-will-require-national-buy-in-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2025\/03\/06\/golden-dome-success-will-require-national-buy-in-official-says\/\">appointed Gen. Michael Guetlein, the Space Force\u2019s second in command<\/a>, to oversee the effort, which has become one of the president\u2019s signature defense projects just months into his second term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guetlein, currently vice chief of space operations, previously led the Space Force\u2019s primary acquisition organization, Space Systems Command. There, he oversaw major development efforts and helped streamline the space enterprise\u2019s notoriously fragmented acquisition system. Earlier in his career, he served as deputy commander of the National Reconnaissance Office and program executive officer for programs and integration at the Missile Defense Agency \u2014 two of the organizations that will play a significant role in building out the Golden Dome architecture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI greatly appreciate your trust in me \u2026 and your trust in the team to deliver this,\u201d Guetlein told Trump. \u201cIt is a great day for America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2025\/02\/25\/iron-dome-for-america-gets-a-golden-makeover\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1719480016.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Iron Dome for America gets a golden makeover<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Trump&#039;s new missile defense shield effort is now dubbed &quot;Golden Dome.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump first announced plans to develop an advanced, layered homeland missile shield in the early days of his second presidency, issuing an executive order that called for a 60-day study of architecture options. The capability is expected to include a mix of ground and space-based interceptors designed to defeat a spectrum of threats \u2014 from lower-end weapons to advanced hypersonic and cruise missiles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the current homeland missile defense system focuses on threats from rogue nations like North Korea and Iran rather than from peer adversaries like China or Russia, Trump\u2019s homeland missile defense shield would focus on addressing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/01\/29\/trumps-missile-shield-marks-shift-in-homeland-defense-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/01\/29\/trumps-missile-shield-marks-shift-in-homeland-defense-strategy\/\">threats from peer adversaries<\/a>, as well as those rogue threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond his cost and schedule projections \u2014 and an assertion that Canada had signed on to be part of Golden Dome \u2014 Trump was light on details about the architecture and approach to fielding what many analysts and officials have called a bold and challenging endeavor. He alluded to fielding space-based and hypersonic interceptors but offered little more about the scope of the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s promise Tuesday to deliver the layered, integrated system in around \u201ctwo-and-a-half to three years\u201d would require the Defense Department to field the more advanced elements of the architecture years ahead of schedule. For example, the space-based missile interceptors that he said will be part of the effort have not yet been developed. Meanwhile, hypersonic interceptors are not expected to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/05\/06\/reduced-funding-slows-mdas-hypersonic-interceptor-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/05\/06\/reduced-funding-slows-mdas-hypersonic-interceptor-development\/\">developed and delivered until the mid-2030s<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the more advanced elements of Golden Dome will take time to deliver, several pieces of the architecture are already in various stages of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That includes a space-based missile defense and tracking layer comprised of satellites and sensors that can identify and monitor high-end missile threats, which MDA and the Space Force are currently developing and fielding. Those capabilities are part of the Space Development Agency\u2019s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture and could potentially be scaled to support Golden Dome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans in Congress have largely been supportive of Golden Dome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. \u2014 both of whom were in the Oval Office for Tuesday\u2019s announcement \u2014 introduced a bill that proposes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/02\/07\/senators-detail-desired-missile-defense-elements-for-trumps-iron-dome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/02\/07\/senators-detail-desired-missile-defense-elements-for-trumps-iron-dome\/\">$19.5 billion for Golden Dome in fiscal 2026<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their bill, the Golden Dome Act, proposes the addition of Aegis Ashore Systems for U.S. territory \u2014 which took years to install in Romania and Poland \u2014 and the use of blimps for detecting complex threats. The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, or GMD, at Fort Greely, Alaska, would be expanded and upgraded with next-generation interceptors along with a brand-new interceptor site on the East Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2025\/04\/28\/gop-funding-boost-targets-golden-dome-high-tech-fighters-and-ships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2025\/04\/28\/gop-funding-boost-targets-golden-dome-high-tech-fighters-and-ships\/\">the House GOP included $25 billion for the project<\/a> in its budget reconciliation package for fiscal 2025 \u2014 a number that Trump referenced and validated in his remarks Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked how confident he is that Congress will fully fund Golden Dome given the administration\u2019s $175 billion cost projection, Trump called the process \u201ceasy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how easy this one is to fund,\u201d he said. \u201cSome funding is tough and some is easy. When we say we\u2019re going to save everyone\u2019s lives in a crazy world, it seems to be very easy to get.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump noted that Golden Dome systems will be made in the U.S., but didn\u2019t confirm whether contracts had been awarded. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., highlighted the work that L3Harris, which is based in his home state, is doing to build out the current space-based sensor architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sullivan also referenced Lockheed and RTX, who have developed ground-based missile interceptors, while noting that the project will also likely involve more nontraditional defense contractors. Lockheed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/04\/16\/lockheed-chosen-to-build-new-homeland-missile-defense-interceptor\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/04\/16\/lockheed-chosen-to-build-new-homeland-missile-defense-interceptor\/\">won the contract last year to build the interceptors<\/a> that will replace the current ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s all across the board in terms of companies. Sen. Cramer and I just met with a bunch of them last week that are interested in this,\u201d he said. \u201cOur technology sector is head and shoulders above any other place in the world, and they\u2019re going to be a key part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump also announced he has appointed Gen. 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