ARLINGTON, Va. — The Pentagon has increased its cost estimate for the Golden Dome missile defense initiative to $185 billion over the next decade, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine.
That price tag is up from a previously reported $175 billion as the program shifts more funding toward space-based capabilities.
Golden Dome Director Gen. Michael Guetlein announced the increase on Tuesday, saying his team was directed to speed up delivery of key space technologies that will form part of the program’s architecture — namely the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor, the Space Force’s data transport layer and space-based air moving target indicator capabilities…