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Washington, D.C. / United States
The anchor event for anyone selling to the US Army. Program offices and primes are present in force; ideal for SMEs seeking subcontracting and teaming opportunities.
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14 May 2026
Inside the Dome
Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW · Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates
- Thu, 14 May 2026
- Venue
- Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW
- Location
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Organizer
- Arkaea Media (Tectonic Defense & Payload)
- Cost
- paid
- Scale
- intimate
- Recurrence
- one-off
- Format
- On-site
Market intel
High pricingmedium confidence
Inside the Dome is the inaugural closed-format summit co-produced by Arkaea Media's Tectonic Defence and Payload brands, purpose-built around the Golden Dome for America missile-defence programme.
- Speakers included the programme's top government leaders alongside founders and executives from a cross-section of commercial defence, space, and AI companies actively pursuing Golden Dome contracts.
- All discounted ticket tiers sold out ahead of the event, indicating strong demand from the commercial sector for access to Golden Dome decision-makers.
Notable exhibitors
Lockheed Martin SpaceAnduril IndustriesCastelionTrue AnomalyImpulse SpaceAstraScale AIRedwire
AI-researched Sat, 22 August 2026. Estimates from public sources. Verify with the organizer.
Why it matters
Inside the Dome is the first dedicated commercial gathering to convene Golden Dome programme leadership — including the Director and Deputy Director of Golden Dome for America, senior DoD acquisition officials, and Congressional caucus members — alongside the non-traditional defence companies and venture investors being actively courted to build the system.
- For SMEs and startups, it is a rare access point to the decision-makers shaping a programme projected to receive $175 billion in funding, with real contracting and partnership conversations possible in a single day.
- The sell-out of early-bird and standard tiers signals strong commercial appetite and validates the event as a near-term procurement-intelligence venue.
Registration
About
Inside the Dome is a one-day invite-style gathering co-produced by defence-tech media brands Tectonic and Payload, focused exclusively on the Golden Dome for America missile-defence programme.
- The event brings together sensing and interception companies, terrestrial systems integrators, supply-chain operators, and institutional investors executing on the administration's homeland missile-defence architecture.
- Framed as a 'working room rather than a conference,' session topics span the new age of missile defence, hypersonics, space-based interceptors, command and control, connectivity, and the role of the Golden Dome Caucus.
- Military and government personnel qualify for free admission with approval; attendance is subject to U.S. export-control and OFAC-sanctions compliance.
Topics
Air & Missile DefenceSpaceC2 / Battle ManagementISR & SensorsAutonomy & Robotics
Who it's for
StartupsSMEsInvestorsInstitutions
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