The Missile Defense Agency has awarded 1,014 companies positions on the new Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense contract, a potential 10-year, $151 billion vehicle for the Golden Dome multi-layer missile defense architecture. The first tranche of staggered awards establishes the competitive pool while the agency continues discussions with other offerors, according to a notice posted on SAM.gov on Tuesday.
SHIELD enables faster acquisition of technologies underpinning layered homeland missile defense, the Department of War said. Task orders are expected to emphasize open systems design, model-based systems engineering and, where applicable, artificial intelligence, machine learning and rapid prototyping to field capability at greater speed.
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Which Companies Secured Awards in the Initial Phase?
The SHIELD awardees include:
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Viasat
- BAE Systems
- Davidson Technologies
- PCI Guidehouse JV
- Siemens Government Technologies
- Calibre Systems
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
- Integrated Data Services
- CACI
- Accenture Federal Services
- General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Integral Federal,
- Akima Logistics Services
- Redhorse
- Sev1Tech
- Raft
- Oddball
- Parry Labs
- Systems Planning and Analysis
- PCI Government Services
- LMI Consulting
- Google Public Sector
- American Systems
- Concurrent Technologies Corp.
- Clarity Innovations
- Dark Wolf Solutions
- DecisionPoint
- DecisionPoint–Agile Defense JV
- Gunnison Consulting Group
- L3Harris
- Maxar Mission Solutions
- Mattermost Federal
- PTC Solutions JV
- Serco, Ultra Electronics
- Telos
- Dynetics
- Government Acquisitions.
How Will Work Be Competed?
MDA said order competitions will not begin until all offerors within the competitive range have had an opportunity to participate in discussions. Additional awards will continue on a rolling basis as responsibility determinations are finalized. Work may be extended through December 2035, if all contract options are exercised, with funds obligated at the task-order level.
