The new Administration sees advanced threats from China and Russia as a top priority and has issued an executive order, Golden Dome for America, to address. The Reagan era "Star Wars” program is becoming a reality as faster, more maneuverable hypersonic weapons pose dangers at home and abroad. The Threat Status team takes a deeper look at the technology, the policy and the strategy needed to outpace our adversaries.
Current communication systems relied upon by U.S. war fighters are too “old” and “outdated,” according to Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll, who says a concerted push is underway to accelerate private industry’s delivery of advanced technology and the Army’s acquisition process.
The Threat Status team from The Washington Times goes behind the scenes of AUSA 2025, exploring the themes and the tone being set for tech advancements in the U.S. military.
Germany’s Munich Airport was forced to close for seven hours on Thursday evening following a string of drone sightings, making it the latest European airport to halt business over drone incursions.
Tomer Malchi, founder and CEO of the Israel-based company Asio, joins the show to discuss soldier-borne technology, 21st-century combat, drones, and much more.
Debate over the cost and feasibility of President Trump’s planned Golden Dome missile defense system has raged despite the White House’s insistence that the plan is affordable and will be completed by 2028.
The U.S. Space Force opened competition last month for companies to design a compact radio-frequency communication terminal aimed at supporting President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system.
Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced alarm over President Trump’s plan to deploy space weapons as part of a missile defense shield called Golden Dome and expressed concerns that the defenses will neutralize Moscow’s offensive nuclear forces, according to Russian state media reports.
From directed energy weapons to cutting-edge electronic warfare and new computerized fire control systems that improve the effectiveness of a soldier’s AR-15 rifle, the global defense industry is developing new, creative and affordable ways to combat the small attack drones that have revolutionized modern warfare.
Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang discuss the latest tech, companies, and collaborations at AFA 2025 in National Harbor, MD.
Wesley Sparks, Director of Business Development at Honeywell explains how the company aims to provide power, thermal management, and energy storage for directed-energy weapons. From the floor of AFA 2025 in National Harbor, MD.
President Trump adopted a new policy for aggressively developing advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence and quantum communications, according to a White House memorandum sent to all federal agencies on Monday.
Maintaining American dominance in space requires a renewed focus on capabilities delivery, the U.S. Space Force’s chief of space operations said this week at the annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
Key leaders from across the U.S. military and defense industry will gather next week just outside Washington to help cement America’s “decisive edge” over its adversaries in the air, space and cyber domains, at a moment when growing threats and raging conflicts around the world are colliding with unprecedented leaps forward in technology.
Rob Mitrevski and Tom Gould, executives with major defense company L3 Harris, join the show to discuss the Golden Dome missile shield.
The U.S. military is planning to add multiple nuclear warheads to aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles to increase their deterrence firepower until the troubled Sentinel missile system can be deployed, Congress’ Government Accountability Office disclosed in a report made public Wednesday.
U.S. forces are vulnerable to drone swarms due to insufficient scale and urgency in efforts to meet the demand for affordable, precise drone and counter-drone systems, a new report says.
Defense firm Lockheed Martin this week announced a record-setting deal to provide nearly 2,000 Patriot air and missile defense interceptors and associated hardware to the Army.
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with U.S. Navy (Ret.) Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, for an exploration of the administration’s approach to the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, China’s goal of taking Taiwan, the challenge of next-generation missile defense and the race to maintain global naval superiority. (Aug. 28, 2025)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday unveiled the Steel Dome integrated air defense system.
The head of the Defense Innovation Unit reportedly resigned this week, marking another change in a Pentagon leadership post.
Space isn’t science fiction anymore. It’s the next battlefield, and America is dangerously close to falling behind.
Tyler Saltsman, the founder and CEO of EdgeRunner AI, joins the show to talk about his company’s AI assistant for U.S. troops that can function without the internet.
Iranian officials said it has newer, more powerful weapons than the missiles it launched in June during its 12-day war against Israel.
China is working against President Trump’s Golden Dome plan for a nationwide strategic missile defense system covering the United States as destabilizing and threatening its large missile forces, an Air Force think tank report says.
As U.S. rivals dedicate enormous resources to developing next-generation threats that can circumvent traditional defense, the Army is working to create systems that can thwart that peril, a top general told Threat Status.
National Security Editor Guy Taylor and Milton Carroll, vice president of business development at the advanced defense tech firm Peraton, discuss the future of missile defense and the challenge of providing cybersecurity in the fast-evolving domain of space.
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Lt. General Sean Gainey for a wide-ranging discussion on the Army’s role as a mission leader and integrator across these futuristic domains. (Aug. 14, 2025)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor and Josh Jackson of the defense tech firm Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) discuss the challenges and opportunities at hand when it comes to integrating, protecting and making available the most critical data for American warfighters in the advanced digital age.
The Trump administration’s Golden Dome for America missile defense shield will incorporate space- and land-based defenses to create a four-layered system, according to a new report.
Davidson Technologies President and CEO Dale Moore joined National Security Editor Guy Taylor for an exclusive video interview on the floor of the 2025 Space & Missile Defense Symposium to discuss the intersection between futuristic tech — specifically quantum computing — and America’s pursuit of dominance amid evolving great power competition in space.
National Security Editor Guy Taylor speaks with L3Harris Technologies’ General Manager for Proliferated Missile Defense Josh Lovejoy on the floor of the 2025 Space & Missile Defense Symposium about the company’s preparedness for involvement in President Trump’s push for a next-generation “Golden Dome” missile defense shield for the U.S. homeland.
Despite it being the marquee defense policy of the second Trump administration, the Pentagon went to lengths to ensure that top U.S. military officials avoided talking publicly about the president’s push for a next-generation “Golden Dome for America” missile defense shield this week at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium.
Defense technology companies AeroVironment and SNC announced a strategic partnership this week aimed at building an integrated, adaptable air and missile defense system to support President Trump’s Golden Dome for America.
Army Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler joins Threat Status from the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala.
Artificial intelligence will be an integral tool for reducing the cognitive load placed on U.S. Army soldiers and will be the driving force behind a leaner and more lethal fighting force, the leader of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command said this week.
President Trump’s ambitious push for a Golden Dome missile shield will be a key theme this week at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium, where some of the world’s most futuristic military technology will be on display and key Pentagon officials will address 21st-century missile- and space-based threats facing the American homeland.
Two Russian bombers and fighter escorts breached the American air defense zone near Alaska this week and were met by U.S fighters, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.
More countries aspire to be nuclear-weapons states, and we should prepare for this eventuality. That’s why the Golden Dome missile defense initiative is timely and needed.
The Defense Department wants to ramp up cooperation with allies over military operations in space, but is facing tough challenges carrying out its goal.
Dr. Mark Lewis, of the Purdue Applied Research Institute, joins the show to talk about hypersonic weapons research, the U.S.-China hypersonics race, and the challenges ahead for the Golden Dome missile shield.
America’s Golden Dome is a priority for President Trump. It is strategically important for Congress to coordinate with the administration to secure this defense capability.
The U.S. Space Force awarded BAE Space and Mission Systems a $1.2 billion contract last week to deliver 10 missile tracking satellites for a medium Earth orbit constellation.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that has passed the House isn’t perfect, but it does contain a few great ideas.
This event explored the concept of the “Golden Dome for America” missile defense shield with senior U.S. defense and Trump administration officials, congressional members, missile defense industry leaders and academia.
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Golden Dome for America. The Washington Times is joined by high-level U.S. government and defense industry leaders to look at the technology, the policy and the strategy needed to outpace our adversaries. Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Photo credit: Eleanor Kaufman / The Washington Times
