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Creates and rapidly fields a layered homeland missile defense program called "Golden Dome" that uses sensors and interceptors from seabed to space, builds integrated command-and-control, and accelerates production of interceptors, radars, satellites, and related technologies. It gives a senior Program Manager special acquisition and budget authorities, loosens some procurement and legal rules, expands Department of Defense authority to counter unmanned aircraft threats, requires agencies to preserve competition in the U.S. space industrial base, and provides $23.0231 billion in new FY2026 funding targeted to specific missile defense, sensor, space, and related programs. Requires testing, plans for construction and deployment of radars and interceptor sites, and priorities for rapid development of space-based sensors/interceptors (including HBTSS), AI/data-fusion tools, domestically produced interceptors, undersea sensors, and other all-domain defenses while encouraging use of commercial and allied technologies.
The bill substantially strengthens U.S. missile, space, and counter‑UAS capabilities and supports the defense industrial base, but does so with large taxpayer costs, expedited authorities that reduce oversight, risks of escalation and safety/privacy harms, and localized environmental and procurement trade‑offs.
Taxpayers, civilians, and military personnel gain stronger homeland and base defense because the bill accelerates procurement and fielding of interceptors, radars, and related systems to reduce the risk of successful missile and hypersonic attacks.
Military forces and defense planners get faster and more accurate threat detection and tracking as the bill funds space-based sensors, HBTSS vehicles, and ML/AI data fusion platforms to improve early warning and intercept timelines.
Small firms, tech workers, and local communities benefit from expanded RDT&E, domestic construction, and procurement that create jobs, support construction at domestic sites (e.g., Fort Greely, CONUS site, Alaska/Hawaii), and sustain defense-related economic activity.
Taxpayers and the broader federal budget face large new spending (about $23.0B in FY2026 plus accelerated procurement) that could crowd out domestic programs, increase deficits, or require trade-offs in future budgets.
The U.S. risks escalating an arms competition and provoking adversary countermeasures because heavy investment in space-based sensors, interceptors, and advanced weapons can encourage weaponization of space and reciprocal buildups.
Rapid procurement authorities, sweeping exemptions from standard acquisition processes, and narrowed judicial review concentrate power and reduce normal oversight, increasing the chance of cost overruns, immature systems, and fewer legal remedies for affected communities.
Introduced June 24, 2025 by Mark B. Messmer · Last progress June 24, 2025