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Lockheed Martin is designing a space-based missile interceptor and testing technology for possible integration at President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” defense shield within the next three years.
The defense contractor revealed this week that it expects a satellite capable of destroying hypersonic missiles by 2028.
If successful, it will mark for the first time in history that the United States has deployed interceptors in space to destroy the enemy missiles before reaching the homeland. Lockheed is still weighing various technologies, from lasers to kinetic satellites that can maneuver and strike high -speed goals in flight.
Amanda Pound, director of mission strategy and advanced capabilities at Lockheed Martin Space, said, “We have missile warnings and tracking satellites made by Lockheed Martin in the orbit today, providing timely recognition and warning of missile threats.”
“We are committed to creating space-based interceptors for missile defense, a reality, taking advantage of our decades experience, investment and industry participation, to be ready for class testing in 2028.”
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Lockheed Martin is designing a space-based missile interceptor and is to test technology for potential integration at former President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” defense shield within the next three years. (Lockheed Martin)
Lockheed’s Space Interceptor Project directly supports Trump’s “Golden Dome for America” initiative, earlier unveiled in May 2025. The ambitious missile calls for a global constellation of armed satellites with defense concept sensors and interceptors, designed to detect, track and finish hypersonic and ballistic weapons – before they can strike from US Earth.
The idea echoes the 1983 strategic defense initiative of President Ronald Reagan, often called “Star Wars”, which was then rejected as a science fiction. But today, according to defense leaders, technologies seen once are moving fast.
General Gutlin, appointed by the Trump administration to the Golden Dome, emphasized that the major components of the system already exist, expressing confidence in getting a test-taiyar platform by 2028. Nevertheless, this is not an easy achievement.
Jeff Shreder, vice president of Lockheed’s Space Division, said, “Stopping a missile in the classroom is a very wicked hard problem physics.” “But not impossible,” he said, keeping in mind the successes in mobility and guidance systems.
Analysts warned that to make the Golden Dome Vision reality, the US may need to launch thousands of interceptors in the classroom. Some compared it to the Cold War-era “magnificent pebble” program, which proposed a uniform space-based missile shield, but was eventually given shelter due to skyrocketing costs and technical obstacles.
The Trump administration wants the Golden Dome to be completed before leaving the presidency. (Chip Somodeville/Getty Images)
Golden Dome is currently estimated at a cost of $ 175 billion, with $ 25 billion already approved by the Congress. But long-term estimates ranges from $ 161 billion to 830 billion dollars in two decades-questions about the ability and long-term stability of the program.
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Meanwhile, the ground-based missile is increasing defense systems to complement the lockheed orbital layer. In March 2025, the company’s agen Combat System riding in the USS Pinkany successfully followed the obstruction of hypersonic medium -ranges missiles during the FTX -40 exercise, codening Staller Banshi.
The company is also pursuing infrared Sikar technology for interceptors, which will increase the trekking and targeting of rapid growing missiles in its terminal phase.
Lockheed is expected to include space-based missile interceptors in Golden Dome. (Lockheed Martin)
Lockheed Pentagon’s broad missile remains a central player in the attempt to develop defense and hypersonic weapons. It is the leading contractor for the next generation interceptor (NGI), which is targeting an initial operating capacity by the end of the financial year 2028.
In addition, the company is completing the Navy contracts for its traditional early strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon system. CPS’s C-based deployment is expected to begin between 2027 and 2028.
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President Trump has publicly stated that he wants Golden Dome Operational by the end of his term. But industry officials have warned that the series boundaries supply and slow -running procurement system of pentagon are unlikely to have full deployment until 2029.
