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MDA Reveals $151 Billion Decade-Long SHIELD Missile Defense Contract Vehicle For Next-Gen Capabilities

Friday, May 23rd, 2025

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MDA Reveals $151 Billion Decade-Long SHIELD Missile Defense Contract Vehicle For Next-Gen Capabilities

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The Missile Defense Agency on May 21 published a presolicitation notice previewing a new decade-long next-generation missile defense contract vehicle worth up to $151 billion total. MDA expects to issue a draft solicitation for this upcoming Multiple Award Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract in late May or early June 2025. “As a long-planned strategy, SHIELD will allow MDA and other DoD entities to rapidly issue orders under one enterprise flexible vehicle. The…

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