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Missile Defense

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…

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

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Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

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Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

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