About us
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a research, development, and acquisition agency within the United States Department of Defense. MDA's mission is to develop, test, and field an integrated, layered, missile defense system to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends against all ranges of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of flight.
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https://www.mda.mil/
External link for Missile Defense Agency
- Industry
- Defense and Space Manufacturing
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Huntsville, AL
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 2002
- Specialties
- Acquisition, Research & Development, Modeling & Simulation, and Test & Evaluation
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Huntsville, AL 35758, US
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5700 18th Street
Building 245
Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060, US
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MDIOC
Schriever AFB, CO 80912, US
Employees at Missile Defense Agency
Updates
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The Missile Defense Agency has renamed its Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA) as the Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects (NOBLE). Interested parties should monitor the NOBLE announcement on SAM.gov (Solicitation No. HQ0860-25-S-0001) for upcoming solicitations. Inquiries about the announcement can be sent to MDA-NOBLE@mda.mil.
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Update regarding MDA's SHIELD IDIQ -- MDA has posted the Draft Request for Proposals on SAM.gov. Comments and questions are due by 11:59 pm Central Time July 31, 2025. https://lnkd.in/ejcm8F7d
MDA issues pre-solicitation notice for SHIELD contract -- MDA plans to issue a formal solicitation in June 2025, the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, using full and open competition. As a long-planned strategy, SHIELD will allow MDA and other DoD entities to rapidly issue orders under one enterprise flexible vehicle. The scope encompasses more than 19 work areas. The proposed contract vehicle anticipates a period of performance of 10 years and an anticipated maximum value of $151 Billion. See SAM.gov (Notice HQ085925RE001) for more details - https://lnkd.in/ejcm8F7d
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Small Business Partners -- Don't forget to join us on July 31 for INNOVA-X Session #3. See details below.
Empowering Small Business Innovation: Navigating Security Requirements for Success - Join us on July 31 for an interactive virtual event designed to equip small businesses with the knowledge and tools needed to successfully innovate while meeting critical security requirements. https://lnkd.in/gYiHb7sG
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Industry partners -- MDA is proud to announce the new date for the Golden Dome for America Industry Summit. It will be held in Huntsville, AL on August 7 following the conclusion of the Space & Missile Defense Symposium. Details on MDA.mil - https://lnkd.in/eWMYNYss and SAM.gov - https://lnkd.in/e-tHW6eh
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MDA is driving a fundamental shift in how we approach acquisition... _________________________ Going Fast and Thinking Big: MDA’s Commitment to Speed and Innovation in Missile Defense | July 17, 2025 Within the last four decades, U.S. adversaries have developed more advanced and lethal long-range weapons than ever before, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles capable of striking our homeland with either conventional or nuclear warheads. To combat these and future threats, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is relentlessly focused on maintaining a decisive advantage in this rapidly evolving missile threat landscape. Just as we are committed to protecting the nation by continuously modernizing critical missile defense capabilities and delivering them to the warfighter, the acquisition vehicles we use must also evolve. Committed to growing a culture of speed and efficiency, MDA is driving a fundamental shift in how we approach acquisition by embracing agility and innovation in order to beat the challenges of today, while anticipating those of tomorrow.... https://lnkd.in/eSHuJzRg
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Empowering Small Business Innovation: Navigating Security Requirements for Success - Join us on July 31 for an interactive virtual event designed to equip small businesses with the knowledge and tools needed to successfully innovate while meeting critical security requirements. https://lnkd.in/gYiHb7sG
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in cooperation with U.S. Space Force and U.S. Northern Command, conducted a flight test on June 23, 2025, in which the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, successfully acquired, tracked and reported missile target data to the Command and Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC). This was the radar’s first flight test tracking a live Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) representative target. https://lnkd.in/eMHUWSiP
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MDA hosts three SMART Scholar Awardees for the Annual SMART Scholars site visit to Dahlgren, Virginia on June 4, 2025. They got to learn more about the location and tour the Dahlgren Mission Operations Center (DMOC), AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC) Lab and Strategic Planning, Analysis & Communications (SPAC) War Room.
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