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, requirements, and an implementation plan for the next-generation missile defense shield within 60 days.

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.

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.’