The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a research and development agency within the Department of Defense. Its mission is to develop and deploy a layered missile defense system to protect the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight. MDA is developing space-based sensors for tracking ballistic and hypersonic missiles and works with partners like the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Navy on testing and deployment. Keywords associated with MDA include missile defense, ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, space-based sensors, and interceptor technology.
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49North will leverage MDA Space’s technical heritage from programs such as the U.S. Missile Defense Agency SHIELD selection.
The SHIELD IDIQ contract allows the Missile Defense Agency to bypass traditional slow-moving procurement.
Telesat Government Solutions secured a spot on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s $1.51 billion SHIELD contract.
Redwire Corporation was awarded a Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract.
The merged company aims to deliver agile and resilient systems for the U.S. Space Force, the Missile Defense Agency, and NASA.
Muon Space was selected for the Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity program.
Muon Space was selected for the Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ program, which has a $151 billion contract ceiling, to contribute commercial space-based sensing to next-generation missile defense architectures.
LeoLabs is included in the Competitive Range for the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which has a ceiling of $151 billion USD.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Redwire.
The Princess Anne facility is designed to support a national coalition that includes Firefly Aerospace to increase flight test cadence to one launch per week for the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency.
AST SpaceMobile states that its low Earth orbit constellation approach aligns with the Missile Defense Agency's shift toward more distributed and survivable architectures for command and control, battle management, and advanced sensing.
Under the SHIELD multi-award construct, AST SpaceMobile is eligible to compete for task orders covering research, development, engineering, prototyping, and operational support for Missile Defense Agency systems.
AST SpaceMobile is positioned to compete for future SHIELD task orders across research, development, engineering, prototyping, and operations of Missile Defense Agency systems that support U.S. national security objectives.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded an IDIQ contract for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program to AST SpaceMobile.
The Missile Defense Agency executed a third tranche of contract awards under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense program on January 15, 2026.
The SHIELD vehicle is designed to allow the Missile Defense Agency and other defense entities to rapidly compete orders under a single, flexible enterprise structure.
The contracting activity for the SHIELD program is the Missile Defense Agency at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
The Missile Defense Agency previously announced an initial tranche of 1,014 awards on December 2, 2025, and a second announcement of 1,086 awards on December 18, 2025.
MDA Space is the first Canadian company to be added as a contractor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
The Missile Defense Agency selected Ursa Space Systems for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling of $151 billion.