ORBIS is honored to be selected to support Missile Defense Agency’s “SHIELD” Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense IDIQ contract. With a contract ceiling of $150 billion, this multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract allows MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly compete orders under one flexible enterprise vehicle.
SHIELD covers a broad range of work and enables the rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility, leveraging AI / ML artificial enabled applications and maximizing use of digital engineering, open systems architectures, model-based systems engineering, and agile processes in the acquisition, development, and sustainment of these capabilities.
Of the award, ORBIS President, Charlie Grabenstein, “The SHEILD IDIQ is so important to our National Security and Orbis is honored to be selected for this generational opportunity. As a Veteran Owned business, we’re proud to provide our engineering, technical, and consulting expertise and 25 years’ experience to MDA and the Department of War as we build out our Nation’s integrated air and missile defenses (IAMD) and defend our homeland and friends and allies.
ORBIS NEWS
MDA SHIELD
December 5, 2025



