THOUSANDS OF SYSTEMS.
ONE INTEGRATED SHIELD.
Arcfield engineers the connective layer that unifies defense programs—across domains, industry and technologies. And we deliver interoperable solutions—from sensors to data transport to MBSE—for a faster, smarter kill web.
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With AI-powered model-based systems engineering, wide-field and narrow-band sensing, and a strong pedigree of hypersonic defense and nuclear surety—we bring speed, trust and clarity to every layer of integrated aerial and missile defense.
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CEO Series: Arcfield’s Kevin Kelly on making Golden Dome a success
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Arcfield’s Kevin Kelly on how he’s thinking about AI, how he defines space superiority and what needs to happen to make Golden Dome a success.
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Golden Dome and the velocity race: Why ground-based optics are the key to mission persistence
While often described as a moonshot for missile defense, the Golden Dome for America mission is in reality something even more challenging: an exercise in disciplined systems engineering under threat. Hypersonic glide vehicles, maneuvering ballistic missiles and complex decoys are compressing timelines while raising the stakes for any gap in accuracy.
Golden Dome Will Stand or Fall on Its Sensors. Here’s How to Make Them Endure
Golden Dome’s first fight will be won or lost on its ability to see. The layer of sensors acts as the eyes of the C4ISR enterprise. Without sensors, the command-and-control architecture has nothing to process, or act upon. Sensors are the first link in the chain—and if that link breaks, everything downstream collapses.
Aerial defense 2.0: Why speed, scale and survival define the Golden Dome era
Golden Dome is more than a missile defense program. It is an opportunity to redefine how we protect the homeland with systems that think faster, scale wider and endure through disruption. But if we cling to legacy assumptions and brittle integration, Golden Dome will fall short before it ever reaches the field.
Arcfield CEO, Kevin Kelly, shares his thoughts on SpaceNews. Click the button below to read more.
Golden Dome: How Could Sensors Protect the United States?
The Pentagon’s Golden Dome initiative envisions a global, multi-layered defense architecture designed to track and counter emerging threats. Much of the system will depend on space-based and ground-based sensors — an evolving network meant to detect launches, follow hypersonic weapons and monitor activity across Earth and orbit. With new prototypes in development, industry competition heating up and Congress weighing funding commitments, decisions made today will shape the role of sensors in missile defense programs for years to come.
The Next Era of Deterrence Will Be Engineered, Not Acquired
For decades, the Department of War (DoW) has measured progress primarily through acquisition—contracts awarded, milestones met and platforms delivered. Success has often been gauged by how quickly and at what scale systems are procured, rather than how they perform in operation. As mission environments become more complex, there is an opportunity to place greater emphasis on how systems perform once integrated and employed.
The next era of aerial and missile defense demands mastery and proven operational capabilities—not theories and promises.
Arcfield has a legacy of designing the systems used to detect and thwart ongoing threats. For seven decades, we have helped national security partners master the mission with impactful engineering, operational insight, and technology built to integrate complex systems and decisions—under pressure, at scale, moving at the speed of need.