Trump’s Golden Dome Still Shrouded in Mystery, Even for Its Builders

US President Donald Trump discusses his “Golden Dome for America” project in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 20.

Photographer: Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg

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.

But they don’t know much about what, exactly, they are expected to do — and at an event last week, the government officials who might tell them weren’t even allowed to mention the project by name.