Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD)

Agency: Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

Contract #: HQ085926DG033

Ordering Period: December 2025 – December 2035

Scope:

Versatile vehicle that allows for the rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning enabled applications where pertinent, and maximizing use of digital engineering, open systems architectures, model-based systems engineering, and agile processes in the acquisition, development, and sustainment of these capabilities.

  • Science and Technology (S&T)
  • Research and Development (R&D)
  • Prototyping
  • Studies, Demonstrations, Testing of Prototypes
  • Disruptive Technologies
  • Experimentation
  • Architecture Development
  • Modeling, Simulation and Analysis
  • Systems Engineering
  • Weapon Design and Development
  • Integration and Assembly
  • Production and Fielding
  • Test and Evaluation (T&E)
  • Operation and Sustainment
  • Modernization
  • Hardware and Software Modification
  • Data Mining/Collection/Analysis
  • Minor Facilities Engineering/Construction
  • Cybersecurity