MDA seeks next-generation domestic missile launcher for 'Golden Dome' underlayer

By Jason Sherman / July 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The Missile Defense Agency is seeking industry concepts for mobile launcher systems capable of supporting a new underlayer of missile defense as part of the Pentagon's Golden Dome for America initiative, ideas that could be fielded within two years. On July 22, MDA published a request for information about “ Next Generation Missile Defense Under Lay Site Launchers ,” asking for ideas that could be modular, transportable and able to operate independently in austere environments. MDA’s announcement comes days after...

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