But a big Golden Dome boost for Palantir stock is still iffy amid competition from Lockheed Martin (LMT) and potentially others. The "Golden Dome" air and missile defense shield dominated many company discussions at the defense conference, according to a RBC Capital report. We continue to believe that funding for Golden Dome will be strong, but there already appear to be bureaucratic challenges that could impact the schedule." Golden Dome Cost DebatedA recent report by the American Enterprise Institute, called Build Your Own Golden Dome, analyzed the program's possible costs and build-out scenarios. A key part of the Golden Dome concept is a unified command-and-control network that receives sensor data, analyzes threats and launches interceptors.