This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Golden Dome missile defense system, Navy shipbuilding and more.

We start off with a bunch of Golden Dome and related missile defense news:

Pentagon's Golden Dome director spotlights a once-quiet Army sensor

The Golden Dome director called out just one piece of technology by name at the Pentagon's first major public event for the homeland missile-defense program this week -- a passive Army sensor the service began building to patch vulnerabilities in its own air-defense network and whose existence commanders had for years played down.

Golden Dome first look: Army gear (mostly), no Navy, no cities covered yet

The Pentagon offered the public its first hands-on look Thursday at the hardware likely to form the initial instantiation of Golden Dome, a collection of mostly Army-built radars, interceptors and command systems that the program's director, Gen. Michael Guetlein, invited visitors to inspect on the apron of a Navy base in Norfolk, VA.

Guetlein: Golden Dome is 'shovel ready' as contracts awarded, sites scouted

The director of the Pentagon's Golden Dome for America program declared Thursday that the homeland missile-defense effort has "forged the blueprint," "forged partnerships" and "forged the path," delivering the sharpest public statement yet that the $185 billion project is already in the ground.

Coverage of the Navy's Columbia-class sub program:

Navy may add two or more hulls to Columbia submarine program

The Navy is considering the addition of two hulls to its Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program pending a force-structure review, according to fiscal year 2027 budget documents.

Some uncrewed surface vessel news from this week's Sea-Air-Space conference:

Navy to deploy first MUSV soon ahead of large scale-up

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- As the Navy advances plans to spend billions on medium unmanned surface vessel efforts, the service is also preparing to integrate the technology with the fleet soon, officials said this week.

A pair of senators have introduced legislation that would bar the Air Force from beginning to recapitalize its Strike Eagles until after the originally planned 129 F-15EXs have been delivered:

Senate authorizers pen bill that would add 200 F-15EX jets to total fleet size

Sens. Ted Budd (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) yesterday introduced legislation that calls for increasing the F-15EX Eagle II inventory from 129 to 329 jets via multiyear procurement authority.

Lockheed Martin executives discussed the company's first-quarter earnings this week

Lockheed: New long-term missile deals signal shift toward 'commercial-style' Pentagon contracting

Lockheed Martin executives said this week that a new wave of long-term missile production "frameworks" with the Pentagon is reshaping how the Defense Department buys weapons, introducing commercial-style features designed to accelerate output while reducing financial risk for industry.

A new Government Accountability Office report evaluates the extent to which the Defense Department identified critical operations and sustainment cost growth:

Seven Army weapon systems experienced 'critical' O&S cost growth, GAO finds

Seven Army weapon systems were determined to have experienced "critical" operating and support cost growth, according to a Government Accountability Office analysis that took place in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

Document: GAO report on weapon system sustainment

The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee held a hearing this week on revitalizing shipbuilding and the maritime industrial base:

White House preparing legislative proposals to back maritime agenda

The White House is preparing to send Congress a series of legislative proposals to implement its Maritime Action Plan, U.S Maritime Administration head Stephen Carmel told lawmakers Wednesday.

Document: House hearing on shipbuilding

Last but by no means least, the latest cyber defense news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:

Defense group calls for harmonizing government cyber requirements, with CMMC assessment process now underway

The National Defense Industrial Association discusses challenges facing the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program in an annual report on the health of the defense industrial base, with a call for harmonizing the government's incident reporting and software attestation requirements.