The Missile Defense Agency has unveiled new details about a potential 10-year, multiple-award contract for a system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting and neutralizing airborne threats to the United States. Called the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, the effort has a maximum value of $151 billion, according to a pre-solicitation notice posted on SAM.gov.
Details of Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD
The SHIELD indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is expected to provide American warfighters with novel capabilities that support national security missions. MDA said the planned defense system will respond to ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missile threats across all phases of flight and other advanced adversary attacks. It will also create continuous and layered protection against any threat launched from land, sea, air, space or cyberspace.
MDA is seeking capabilities that utilize artificial intelligence, machine learning, open systems architectures, model-based systems engineering, digital engineering and other technologies and techniques to accelerate development, fielding, acquisition and sustainment.
The agency will publish a draft solicitation for the SHIELD IDIQ in the coming weeks.