Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ
The Missile Defense Agency's Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract is a multiple-award, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract that provides the provides a flexible acquisition pathway for rapidly developing, delivering, modernizing, and sustaining capabilities that protect the United States, deployed forces, and allies from evolving missile threats. As a SHIELD contract holder, CRG is eligible to compete for task orders supporting the full capability lifecycle—from research, prototyping, and systems engineering through integration, testing, fielding, modernization, operations, and sustainment. SHIELD expands our ability to support the MDA and other authorized Department of War agencies with integrated technical, analytical, acquisition, program management, cybersecurity, and mission support. The vehicle allows CRG to bring together our proven federal mission expertise and specialized industry partners to build task-order teams tailored to each requirement.
Available to: Missile Defense Agency and authorized DoW agencies supporting homeland and regional missile defense missions.
Estimated Shared Capacity: $151B
Contract Number: HQ085926DF735
Period of Performance: December 29, 2025 – December 28, 2035
Scope of Services: The SHIELD contract supports the acquisition of innovative technologies and services across the missile defense lifecycle, including systems engineering, software development, digital engineering, cybersecurity, systems integration, testing, program management, logistics, sustainment, and mission support. The contract emphasizes agile acquisition approaches, open systems architectures, model-based systems engineering, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and rapid capability delivery to address evolving threats.
Capability Areas:
- Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA)
- Digital Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- Software Engineering and Application Development
- Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
- Systems Integration and Test & Evaluation
- Program and Project Management
- Logistics and Lifecycle Sustainment
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Open Systems Architecture
- Research and Development Support
- Data Analytics and Decision Support
- Mission and Operations Support