Defense One’s Audrey Decker on the Golden Dome and its big challenges

Golden Dome is the U.S.’ newest ambitious attempt to create a multi-layered defense system for protecting the mainland from incoming ballistic, hypersonic, cruise and other types of missiles.Audrey Decker, who covers the Air Force and Space Force for our partners at Defense One, has covered Golden Dome from multiple angles as ideas for it have emerged since President Trump’s January executive order to get working on it.Audrey joins our Ross Wilkers for this episode to provide an update on how the Defense Department, especially Space Force, is working on the vision for Golden Dome and what it needs to become a reality.Software will be paramount in making Golden Dome happen, as Audrey explains from what government and industry officials have told her. How contractors are making their pitch to be part of the Golden Dome program is also on the agenda for Audrey and Ross.Industry eyes ‘wicked hard’ Golden Dome space interceptor challengeGolden Dome push sets stage for telecom battle over spectrum accessTrump to get Golden Dome options next week: defense sourceSpace Force sets up team to sort out support for ‘Iron Dome’—that is, ‘Golden Dome’America’s ‘Iron Dome’ is going to need a lot more sensors: NORTHCOMTrump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan would put weapons in space, at a big cost