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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The Lockheed Martin facility in Courtland is dedicated to producing the Next Generation Interceptor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
MDA Space was added in January as a contractor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD program under a Multiple Award IDIQ contract.
In January 2026, the Missile Defense Agency selected Muon Space for the SHIELD IDIQ program, a $151 billion contract vehicle for rapid delivery of space capabilities.
MDA Space also received a Multiple Award Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity contract from the US Missile Defense Agency in January.
MDA Space was added in January as a contractor for the US Missile Defense Agency under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense program.
The Missile Defense Agency made more than 2,000 companies eligible to compete for a $151 billion pool of money to build the missile defense architecture.
The Missile Defense Agency has approved more than 2,000 companies to compete for Golden Dome projects under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense program.
The Missile Defense Agency identified 1,086 companies on Dec. 18 that could compete for the Golden Dome IDIQ contract.
The Missile Defense Agency identified 1,104 companies on Dec. 2 that could compete for the Golden Dome IDIQ contract.
Sidus Space Inc. received a 10-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract under the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD program with a total potential ceiling of $151 billion.
The Missile Defense Agency activated SHIELD in January 2026 as an IDIQ contract vehicle with a $151 billion ceiling.
Spire Global secured a position on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD IDIQ contract, which has a shared ceiling of $151 billion.
Telesat Government Solutions received an award in February 2026 under the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s $151 billion SHIELD IDIQ program.
MDA Space was selected for the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD program in January 2026 under an IDIQ contract with a $151 billion shared ceiling.
AST SpaceMobile secured a prime contract position on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD Program.
MDA Space holds an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD program.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded the SHIELD program in January 2026, which contributed to growth in MDA Space’s defense and intelligence pipeline.
Elesha Jackson is Technical Product Manager and Principal Investigator for a Phase II high‑throughput space router at Forward Edge‑AI that underpins capabilities aligned with the Missile Defense Agency SHIELD program and Space Development Agency architecture efforts.
MDA Space was selected for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s $151 billion SHIELD program in January 2026.
MDA Space was named to an indefinite contract from the United States Missile Defense Agency to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program.