The Missile Defense Agency has unveiled plans for a contract vehicle that could reshape the future of U.S. missile defense, outlining a $151 billion procurement framework to field next-generation capabilities across nearly every dimension of the enterprise. The effort, known as Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), will be structured as a 10-year, multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, supporting a vast range of research, development, testing, integration, production and sustainment activities. On May 21, MDA published a pre-solicitation...
