Alphabet (GOOG.O) in Talks to Join $185 Billion Golden Dome Program

According to Jin10, Alphabet (GOOG.O), Google's parent company, is in talks with the Pentagon about joining U.S. President Donald Trump's $185 billion Golden Dome missile-defense program. Alphabet would focus on data security, storage, networking and cybersecurity capabilities to help protect data transmissions for military command-and-control software from attacks. The discussions are at an early stage, and Google's networking company Aalyria is also involved in preparations for a related coalition. The Pentagon said it has not made a final decision on forming a new coalition or which companies would participate.