HII secures Missile Defense Agency SHIELD contract to support scalable U.S. homeland defence

By Martin Chomsky (Defence Industry Europe)

Lockheed Martin has announced its readiness to support the development of a comprehensive missile defence system, referred to as the "Golden Dome for America." The company aims to integrate advanced technologies to protect the homeland from growing aerial and missile threats.
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HII has been awarded the Missile Defense Agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract through its Mission Technologies division. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a ceiling value of $151 billion and is intended to support the rapid delivery of innovative defence capabilities.

 

The SHIELD enterprise contract covers a wide range of work areas designed to increase speed and agility in delivering new solutions to the warfighter. For HII, it creates opportunities to advance capabilities in areas including directed energy, command and control system integration, data and cyber operations, microelectronics, spectrum management, training environments, logistics, and sustainment.

 

 

“We’re honored to support MDA on this important SHIELD mission,” said Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of Mission Technologies. “It reinforces our commitment to advancing national security and protecting the homeland. SHIELD represents a critical element of the current vision for homeland defense, and we’re excited to bring our expertise in directed energy, microelectronics and systems integration to help meet these mission needs.”

 

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