AMSG Awarded Position on MDA’s SHIELD IDIQ, Advancing a Decade of Homeland Defense Innovation
Advanced Management Strategies Group (AMSG) has been awarded a position on the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, a 10-year contract vehicle focused on one of the most consequential defense missions of our time: protecting the homeland and the warfighter from emerging and increasingly complex threats.
For AMSG, a company recognized as a Washington Post’s Top Workplace and known for its people-first culture, this award is more than a contractual milestone. It represents a continuation of the company’s deep commitment to national security missions across the Department of Defense, including long-standing support to the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, work grounded in AMSG’s significant capabilities in Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD). SHIELD aligns seamlessly with AMSG’s core strengths in technical integration, program management, and mission support, areas grounded in the company’s 6 Cs: Competence, Courage, Compassion, Character, Communication, and Community.
A Mission That Touches Every Domain
The SHIELD IDIQ is designed to help MDA develop and deploy a layered, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across all phases of flight, whether ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missile, space-borne, cyber-enabled, or hybrid in nature.
With a period of performance extending up to 10 years including all option years, the contract offers a long-term pathway for accelerating innovation for the warfighter. SHIELD enables rapid acquisition of services and technologies across a wide ecosystem of classified and unclassified work, supporting efforts such as:
- Science & Technology and R&D
- Prototyping and technology demonstrations
- Architecture development and disruptive technologies
- Modeling, simulation, and analysis
- Systems engineering and weapon development
- Integration, assembly, production, and fielding
- Test & Evaluation and modernization
- Cybersecurity and multi-domain defense engineering
- Data mining, analytics, and decision-support
- Operations, sustainment, and facilities support
For AMSG, this scope reflects the type of complex, multidisciplinary challenge the company has built its reputation on: blending technical expertise with a culture grounded in service, teamwork, and mission ownership.
A Commitment Rooted in Service
While SHIELD is an advanced defense contract, the work behind it carries a human story. It’s about safeguarding American families, supporting deployed service members, strengthening deterrence, and enabling MDA to move at the pace of emerging threats.
AMSG President & CEO Jim O’Farrell shared: “AMSG is honored to support the Missile Defense Agency as it advances one of the most important defense missions of our time. The SHIELD IDIQ is focused on protecting the homeland from emerging and increasingly complex threats. As we currently do for the USMC and US Air Force, our team stands ready to deliver the innovation, agility, and mission dedication required to support the warfighter and strengthen our nation’s layered defense.”
His words echo AMSG’s legacy: a small but mighty company that consistently delivers outsized impact by investing in its people and fostering a culture that values excellence, integrity, and community. From developing dashboards that transform decision-making to supporting acquisition and operational missions across federal agencies, AMSG has built a track record defined by scalability, responsiveness, and heart.
Forging Solutions for the Missions that Matter
As AMSG joins the SHIELD contracting community, the company brings not only deep technical capability but a belief that mission success starts with empowered teams. AMSG’s Experience Program, Global Impact initiatives, veteran support efforts, and commitment to employee development are all part of why the company continues to deliver results that last.
SHIELD is a natural extension of that ethos. It is complex. It is critical. And it is exactly the kind of mission AMSG was built to support.
With this award, AMSG looks ahead to the next decade of partnership with MDA, forging solutions for the missions that matter and standing alongside the warfighter every step of the way.