Trump floated the idea of building an American Iron Dome during his 2024 campaign, promising a ‘state-of-the-art missile defense shield made in the USA.’

Trump's order establishing an Iron Dome for America includes a wider focus to defend the homeland from air and missile attacks from peer adversaries.

For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit. Trump's executive order calls for the Pentagon to come up with a design architecture,

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to pursue a "next-generation" missile defense shield against threats of potential advanced foreign aerial attacks in a major security effort that also seeks to enhance defense of allied territories,