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SHIELD Program

Type: Defense procurement vehicle
Parent: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Full Name: Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense
Status: Active
Domain: space-development

Overview

SHIELD is the Missile Defense Agency's primary acquisition vehicle for the Golden Dome missile defense initiative. It functions as an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract structure that pre-qualifies commercial and defense vendors to compete for task orders without repeating full and open competitions.

Key Facts

  • Total Ceiling: $151 billion shared across all awardees
  • Awardees: 2,440 vendors approved out of 2,463 applicants
  • Award Tranches:
    • December 2, 2025: 1,014 awards
    • December 18, 2025: 1,086 awards
    • January 15, 2026: 340 awards

Scope Areas

  • Sensor development
  • Interceptor technology
  • Battle management and command and control (C2)
  • Space-based tracking
  • Hypersonic defense

Notable Awardees

Traditional Defense Primes:

  • Northrop Grumman
  • Lockheed Martin
  • L3Harris
  • SAIC
  • Leonardo DRS

Space Companies:

  • Blue Origin
  • SpaceX
  • Rocket Lab
  • Iridium
  • AST SpaceMobile
  • MDA Space

Defense Tech:

  • Anduril
  • Palantir
  • HawkEye 360

Structure

SHIELD operates as a "hunting license" model: Prime IDIQ position enables vendors to bid directly on task orders but does not guarantee revenue. Actual procurement requires winning specific task order competitions.

Timeline

  • 2025-12-02 — First tranche of 1,014 IDIQ awards announced
  • 2025-12-18 — Second tranche of 1,086 IDIQ awards announced
  • 2026-01-15 — Third tranche of 340 IDIQ awards announced, including AST SpaceMobile for C2 and battle management applications

Sources

  • BusinessWire, AST SpaceMobile announcement, January 16, 2026
  • MDA SAM.gov filings, December 2025 - January 2026