Overview

• The Defense Department and Missile Defense Agency published a Record of Decision authorizing construction of the Enhanced Integrated Air and Missile Defense on Guam.
• Tutor Perini and its Guam unit Black Construction won a $181.1 million award to build a self-powered site, with work slated to start in the first quarter of 2026.
• The planned shield comprises 36 missile launchers, 23 communication towers and 14 radars spread across 16 sites on Naval Base Guam, Andersen Air Force Base and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz.
• Project documents acknowledge significant ecological damage, including loss of limestone forest habitat and removal of nearly 5,500 protected fadang trees, with effects on the endangered Mariana fruit bat.
• Guam’s governor and community advocates criticize the pace and coordination of the buildout, citing housing pressures and the Pentagon’s refusal to convene an Economic Adjustment Committee.