Gen. Michael Guetlein speaks Aug. 11 at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in a fireside chat with retired Army Lt. Gen. Dan Karbler, former commander of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Gen. Michael Guetlein, the Pentagon official overseeing Golden Dome for America, warned that the missile defense initiative faces a fiscal year 2027 funding gap unless Congress finds a new way to finance the program.

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...