- The U.S. Department of War issued 340 additional awards under the SHIELD missile defense contract, expanding a procurement vehicle with a ceiling of $151 billion.
- The SHIELD program enables rapid competition for advanced missile defense task orders through 2035, with funding assigned at the order level.
The United States Department of War announced 340 additional awards under the Missile Defense Agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract on January 15, expanding a massive procurement program that now totals more than 2,400 awards since early December.
The latest awards support a contract vehicle with a ceiling of $151 billion.
According to the Department of War, the new awards follow the initial 1,014 awards issued on December 2, 2025, and a further 1,086 awards announced on December 18, 2025. The SHIELD contract is structured as a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity vehicle designed to allow rapid competition for orders across a wide range of advanced missile defense, engineering, and digital modernization projects.
The department said performance will take place across the United States and emphasized that no funds are obligated on the base award. Funding is assigned at the task-order level, enabling agencies to compete and award work quickly as mission requirements emerge.
According to the Missile Defense Agency, SHIELD is intended to accelerate the delivery of new capabilities to U.S. forces by using artificial intelligence and machine-learning tools where applicable and maximizing digital engineering, open systems architectures, model-based systems engineering, and agile acquisition practices. These technologies support the development, sustainment, and deployment of layered missile defense capabilities across multiple domains.
The Department of War said the contract vehicle received 2,463 offers through the System for Award Management website, underscoring broad competition for work across industry. If all options are exercised, SHIELD task-order activity will extend through December 2035 under contracting activity HQ085925RE001 at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
The SHIELD program is part of a wider Department of War strategy aimed at sustaining long-term defensive readiness and expanding the industrial base supporting missile defense programs. Previous SHIELD task orders have focused on advanced sensors, command-and-control engineering, algorithm development, and integration of distributed missile defense elements.