In an age where hypersonic missiles can travel at speeds exceeding one mile per second, the United States faces a critical inflection point in national security. These advanced weapons, combining unprecedented speed and maneuverability, represent a new class of threats that can evade traditional defense systems.
Our adversaries are forging ahead, aggressively building out their hypersonic capabilities. Russia has reportedly deployed these types of weapons in Ukraine, while China continues to expand what is already the world's largest hypersonic weapons arsenal.
In the face of this rapidly evolving threat landscape, it’s encouraging to see the U.S. take decisive action. President Trump's recent executive order to accelerate the development of a Golden Dome for America is, in our view, a proportionate response to a catastrophic threat.
The president’s directive gives us one North Star, but getting there will require the entire national defense ecosystem – including government, the defense industry and commercial technology companies – to work together on multiple fronts.
