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Golden Dome may not be the golden ticket Silicon Valley is hoping for
Golden Dome, the White House's next-gen missile defense system, is a huge opportunity for startups that can successfully collaborate with incumbents.
That program, which the White House likened to Israel’s Iron Dome, will encompass systems that span space, land, and sea to protect the continental United States against a variety of missile threats. That’s because many early-stage companies lack facility clearances, personnel, IT security, or other requirements to perform highly classified government work – and the pre-solicitation warned that these barriers to entry will be in place for would-be suppliers. Meanwhile, more mature and cash-rich startups like SpaceX and Anduril are better poised to compete with the legacy defense contractors, also sometimes called, such RTX (formerly Raytheon), Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and L3 Harris.
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