Speaking outside the industry day, a Northrop Grumman official said they are exploring new ways to work with competitors to solve the data and integration challenges and “collaborate across those company boundaries quickly. That’s what’s going to enable Golden Dome.”

The companies expected to create President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome for America” know the objective: to protect the US from missiles and airborne threats. They know it means billions of dollars’ worth of contracts.

Despite the Pentagon’s “strange” secrecy about the project, recent reports have revealed details about the development of a U.S. missile-defense.