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Israel firm Elbit to help build Trump’s Golden Dome

 Pentagon taps more than 1,000 companies that could work on Golden Dome

Defense News, By Stephen Losey, Dec 4, 2025

Companies such as BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, L3Harris and General Atomics are among the more than 1,000 firms the Pentagon has selected to potentially work on its Golden Dome missile defense shield program, or other projects.

The Missile Defense Agency on Tuesday announced the first phase of staggered awards under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, contract is going to 1,014 qualifying offerors. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract could be worth up to $151 billion over a decade, MDA said in its contract announcement………

Elbit America, the U.S.-based sector of Israeli firm Elbit Systems, is also on the list of potential contractors. Elbit Systems is a key contractor for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, which inspired President Donald Trump to order the Pentagon to create its own Golden Dome system.

In the Pentagon’s Tuesday contract announcement, the department said SHIELD will allow MDA and other Defense Department organizations to rapidly compete orders under one flexible enterprise vehicle…….https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/12/03/pentagon-taps-more-than-1000-companies-that-could-work-on-golden-dome/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=c4-overmatch

December 10, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized