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The MIL Corporation Selected as Contract Holder for Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ
Bowie, Md.—Jan. 13, 2026 – The MIL Corporation (MIL) is pleased to announce it was awarded a contract for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $151B. This multiple-award contract encompasses a broad range of work areas that allows for the rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility.
The MDA requires an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, its deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight by ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks. This contract will support national defense objectives by ensuring continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats originating from any vector – land, sea, air, space, or cyberspace. This effort supports services and supplies of both classified and unclassified programs on multiple security domains.
“Selection as a SHIELD contract holder reflects the confidence placed in MIL to support the Missile Defense Agency’s mission,” said Marisa Daley, president of MIL. “We bring a strong foundation in engineering, cybersecurity, and mission-focused technology services that support critical government systems and national defense objectives.”
MIL is well-positioned to provide rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled applications where pertinent, and maximizing use of digital engineering, open systems architectures, model-based systems engineering, and agile processes in the acquisition, development, fielding, and sustainment of these capabilities.
About MIL
The MIL Corporation (MIL), a CMMI® Level 3 rated company established in 1980, provides federal agencies with outstanding professional services in the areas of financial management, information technology, engineering, and cybersecurity. With a staff of over 800 professionals, MIL provides innovative solutions to federal government customers, including the U.S. Departments of the Navy, State, Homeland Security, Transportation, and the Library of Congress. MIL continuously seeks to provide solutions that fit the vision, requirements, and resources of our valued customers. For more information, please visit: www.milcorp.com.