MDA SHIELD
MDA SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense) is a multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). It operates under a shared ceiling of $151 billion and functions as the primary acquisition vehicle for the Golden Dome missile defense initiative.
Details
Our clients use SHIELD to obtain:
- 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 Modifications
- Data Mining/Collection/Analysis
- Facilities Engineering and Sustainment
- Cybersecurity
But generally, the contract supports Engineering, and Program Management services.
Engineering services may include:
- Engineering, System Engineering, and Safety and Process Engineering Support
- Software Engineering, Development, Programming, and Network Support
- In-Service Engineering, Fleet Introduction, Installation and Checkout and Provisioning Support
- Measurement Facilities, Range, and Instrumentation Support
- Interoperability, Test and Evaluation, Trials Support
- Research and Development Support
- Modeling, Simulation, Stimulation, and Analysis Support
- Prototyping, Pre-Production, Model-Making, and Fabrication Support
- System Design Documentation and Technical Data Support
- Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RM&A) Support
Program Management services may include:
- Financial Analysis and Budget Support
- Quality Assurance (QA) Support
- Functional and Direct Programmatic Administrative Support
- Professional Development and Training Support
- Analytical and Organizational Assessment Support
- Database Administrators
- Logistics Support
- Configuration Management (CM) Support
- Information System (IS) Development, Information Assurance (IA), and Information Technology (IT) Support
- Computer Systems Analysts
Contract Number:
- HQ085926DF103
Period of Performance:
- 12/29/2025 – 12/28/2035