Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD)
Active Master IDIQ Awarded
- Federal agency
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Missile Defense Agency
- Awardees
- 2,440
- Task orders
- 2,442
- Obligated
- $2,819,244,728
Vehicle facts
- Opportunity
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- Missile Defense Agency (MDA) SHIELD Multiple Award IDIQ Contract Pre-Solicitation · HQ085925RE001 · Posted May 21, 2025
- Agency
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- Missile Defense Agency Department of Defense
- Combined task order value
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- $4,356,720,788 Current, with exercised options
- $5,088,945,812 Potential, with all options
- Last date to order 8% complete
- Shared ceiling 2% used
- $151,000,000,000.00
IDV award and task order details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this vehicle
The Missile Defense Agency established the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ on December 29, 2025, with ordering authority extending through December 28, 2035. The vehicle carries a $151 billion shared ceiling and supports full and open competition with no set-aside restrictions, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards.
The vehicle procures research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization of an advanced multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles and other advanced aerial attacks. Work encompasses protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats originating from any vector—land, sea, air, space, or cyberspace—and leverages artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes and may be issued at different classification levels; contractors must possess appropriate facility clearances to work in classified environments.
Activity remains concentrated at the Missile Defense Agency, which has awarded 2,360 task orders since vehicle establishment. The ordering cadence declined sharply after initial launch: 2,100 orders were issued in 2025, with only 260 orders placed in 2026. All task orders awarded to date are firm fixed price delivery orders with five-hundred-dollar ceilings. The most recent awards on January 21, 2026, designate the ultimate completion date as December 28, 2035. Competition is extremely broad; each of the top five primes holds only one order apiece, and the prime contractor base encompasses 2,360 distinct firms with no concentration. All $1.2 million in combined task-order potential value has been obligated across these awards.
IDV awards
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Latest task orders
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Top awardees by obligations
| Rank | Awardee | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raytheon Company | $1,561,061,108 | 55% |
| 2 | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $1,256,965,120 | 45% |
| 3 | Essnova Solutions, Inc. | $1,000 | <1% |
| 4 | Aviation Training Consulting, LLC | $1,000 | <1% |
| 5 | P-11 Security, Inc. | $500 | <1% |
| 6 | Xtremis, Inc. | $500 | <1% |
| 7 | Idk-Jv, LLC | $500 | <1% |
| 8 | Provets BCS Alliance LLC | $500 | <1% |
| 9 | The Radiation Team LLC | $500 | <1% |
| 10 | Evocor, LLC | $500 | <1% |
"Minimum guarantee only" marks awardees whose obligations here are just the minimum order their contract guarantees.
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Funding agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Office of the Secretary of Defense | $2,818,025,728 | 100% |
| 2 | Missile Defense Agency | $1,219,000 | <1% |
Obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $2,819,244,712 |
Quick answers
What is the SHIELD contract vehicle?
Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle run by Missile Defense Agency (Department of Defense), awarded on December 29, 2025.
Which companies hold SHIELD?
2,440 companies hold SHIELD's IDV awards, one each. The latest went to Applied Network Solutions, Inc. on January 21, 2026. The awardees whose task orders obligated the most are Raytheon Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation and Essnova Solutions, Inc.
How much has been spent through SHIELD?
2,442 task orders have been placed under SHIELD, obligating $2,819,244,728. Their combined current value, with exercised options, is $4,356,720,788.
What is the shared ceiling of SHIELD?
SHIELD's shared ceiling is $151,000,000,000; its task orders have used 2% of it.
Which agencies use SHIELD the most?
The departments whose task orders under SHIELD obligated the most are Office of the Secretary of Defense ($2,818,025,728) and Missile Defense Agency ($1,219,000).
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