President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...

Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...

Despite its effectiveness, the system is not without limitations. Coordinated mass attacks could overwhelm even the best defenses, and emerging technologies like hypersonic missiles pose new ...

Trump's push follows in the footsteps of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a scrapped program popularly called "Star ...

Two senators introduced a bill that would authorize $19.5 billion for fiscal 2026 to build out Trump's "Iron Dome for America ...

This new initiative expands upon decades of U.S. missile defense efforts, building on technologies from the Reagan-era ...

The Pentagon agency charged with responding to emerging missile threats is asking the defense industry for ideas on how to implement President Donald Trump’s call for an “Iron Dome for America.” Trump ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is beginning its outreach to industry to understand what new technologies would be available ...

The Trump executive order notes that developing a missile defense system is part of a strategy of “peace through strength.” ...

and layered defense against regional ballistic, maneuvering ballistic, hypersonic glide, and cruise missile threats.” That system would also rely on input from US satellites and space-based ...