Acquisition Reform Key To Affordable Space-Based Defense

The Defense Department’s Golden Dome program office is working to address the challenge of affordability in space-based defense through acquisition reform, with a focus on artificial intelligence and autonomy. According to Marcia Holmes, DoD deputy director for Golden Dome, the program aims to integrate space assets into a layered defense architecture, with AI and autonomy playing key roles. The program office has awarded prototype proposals to multiple contractors for space-based interceptors and is seeking commercial solutions for missile tracking. This effort was reported by Breaking Defense.