Power Breakfast: Guiding the Golden Dome: Architecture, Acquisition, and the Future of Integrated Missile Defense

The Golden Dome missile defense initiative marks a generational investment in layered, integrated defense. By combining space-based interceptors, advanced sensing, and resilient command-and-control, the $151 billion SHIELD contract vehicle reflects the urgency of emerging missile threats and highlights a significant opportunity for the defense industrial base.

However, the scope and scale of Golden Dome raise critical questions for industry: How will funding increase over time? How will architectural decisions affect cross-agency integration? How will acquisition strategies influence competition? And what does success look like from the DoD’s perspective? 

During this Power Breakfast, Washington Technology will bring together defense officials, market analysts, and industry executives to discuss Golden Dome’s funding profile, architectural vision, and acquisition roadmap, enabling contractors to align their organizations for long-term participation in one of the defense sector’s most consequential modernization efforts.