Overview
- The SHIELD multiple‑award IDIQ carries a $151 billion ceiling through December 2035 with no funds obligated on the base award, as money will flow only to future task or delivery orders.
- MDA selected 1,014 qualifying offerors from 2,463 proposals to build a broad bench for homeland‑defense modernization, with performance planned across the United States.
- The vendor pool spans major defense primes and commercial firms, with reporting citing companies such as L3Harris, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Accenture and Booz Allen Hamilton.
- MDA emphasized that SHIELD is not exclusive to Golden Dome work and that these initial selections are not firm requirements, with specific buys to be competed later.
- Related Space Force efforts include undisclosed initial prototype awards for space‑based interceptors and a separate kinetic midcourse prototype call with proposals due Dec. 7, as Golden Dome’s implementation plan awaits senior Pentagon approval.