The Pentagon, Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, 20310, United States
United States Space Force
ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins62% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 62%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidenceArmy Recognition[1] (9 August 2026) says initial testing is scheduled before 31 December 2026; no date for a specific test is public, so the pin spans the last quarter of the year.
The Pentagon plans the first tests of Golden Dome space-based interceptors before 31 December 2026, with orbital flight demonstrations in 2027, backed by $3.2 billion for prototypes from Anduril, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly.
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