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Missile Defense

MDA Awards First SHIELD Golden Dome Contract Vehicle To Over 1,000 Offerors

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025

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MDA Awards First SHIELD Golden Dome Contract Vehicle To Over 1,000 Offerors

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) included over 1,000 winning offerors able to compete under the first in a series of awards for the multiple award Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract vehicle aimed at developing missile defense systems for the Golden Dome initiative. While no funds were obligated with this base contract announced Tuesday evening, the award has a total contract ceiling of $151 billion and the notice reiterated that SHIELD allows the Defense Department to “rapidly compete…

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