December 10, 9:01 PM
Project "Golden Dome"
On December 2, the US Missile Defense Agency announced the results of the $151 billion SHIELD megatender. 2,463 companies participated in the tender, of which 1,014 were selected to form the so-called "pool" of suppliers, which may subsequently be awarded contracts for the Golden Dome project.
Under this project, companies will be involved in sensors, interceptors, control systems, electronic warfare, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence—in other words, building all the "layers" of the Golden Dome.
The list includes US defense industry heavyweights:
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon (RTX)
, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, L3Harris
, Booz Allen Hamilton, CACI, Accenture Federal
, Google Public Sector, and Palantir Technologies.
Plus, many medium and small companies—more than a thousand in total.
The contract runs through 2035, or 10 years. The actual assignments will begin to be handed out later, once all the formalities are completed.
On November 24–25, the US Space Force issued the first prototype contracts for the development of space interceptors designed to shoot down missiles in space during their boost phase.
Approximately six contracts were awarded, but the Americans tried to keep everything classified. However, journalists from Reuters and other publications, through their sources in the Pentagon, nevertheless found out who received them:
-Lockheed Martin
-Northrop Grumman
-Anduril Industries
-True Anomaly
-Apex
Each company was given only $120,000 at the start. This is a sort of "prize" to conduct ground tests. Everything else—development, testing, and the flying hardware—the companies must finance themselves. In other words, the Pentagon said, "Guys, show us what you can do first, and then we'll see."
The prize money will be bigger later:
- For ground tests – up to $150 million
- For the second flight (the critical stage) – $340 million will be divided between those who make it (first place will get $125 million, fifth – $40 million)
But if someone makes it to 2028 and does everything right, then they will receive serious money – production contracts from $1.8 to $3.4 billion per year.
In addition to SHIELD, MDA has launched another mechanism – MAA. This is for more specific and “breakthrough” technologies: kinetic interceptors, hypersonic defense, space components, electronic warfare systems, and the like.
Startups can submit proposals through MAA – that is, those who want to offer something new. The program opened in July 2025 and will run until March 2030.
In short, they are moving forward. It seems to be just talk for now, but the amounts are already being announced at over $155 billion. We will see.
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