The MDA SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense) is a 10-year, $151 billion contract vehicle awarded by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in late 2025 to support the development of advanced missile defense systems, including the new “Golden Dome” vision for nationwide defense against hypersonic and ballistic threats. This contract supports broad technical areas like R&D, prototyping, systems engineering, and fielding for sensors, shooters, and enabling technologies, allowing the MDA to rapidly award task orders to numerous companies for a unified, layered defense system.
Contract # HQ085926DF279