Defense Industry Europe
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has released new information about a potential 10-year contract aimed at defending the United States from a wide range of airborne threats. Known as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, the contract has a projected maximum value of $151 billion, as stated in a pre-solicitation notice on SAM.gov.
SHIELD will be structured as an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract and is intended to equip American warfighters with advanced capabilities that support national security objectives. According to the MDA, the system will address ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missile threats across all phases of flight, as well as other advanced attacks from adversaries.
