$HII Tapped for SHIELD: Massive $151B Contract Vehicle Targets Next-Gen Threats

HII has been selected to participate in the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD program, a massive homeland-defense contracting vehicle with a potential ceiling of roughly **$151 billion**. Under SHIELD, HII’s Mission Technologies division may contribute across areas such as command-and-control integration, directed energy, cyber operations, microelectronics, spectrum management, maintenance, and training. The award reinforces HII’s role in supporting the Pentagon’s evolving “Golden Dome” homeland-defense architecture against advanced air and missile threats.

Source - [https://thedefensepost.com/2026/01/14/us-shield-hii/amp/](https://thedefensepost.com/2026/01/14/us-shield-hii/amp/)