Twelve subsidiaries of Cherokee Federal have been named among recent awardees on the Missile Defense Agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award contract, according to a company announcement.
The Pentagon said Jan. 15 that it issued an additional 340 awards under SHIELD, following 1,014 awards announced Dec. 2, 2025, and 1,086 awards announced Dec. 18, bringing the total number of awardees to 2,440 out of 2,463 offers received. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract carries a $151 billion ceiling and could run through December 2035 if all options are exercised.
Importantly, no funding is obligated at the base IDIQ level. Federal spending under SHIELD will occur only through competitively awarded task orders, which the Missile Defense Agency has begun preparing through market research and draft Fair…
