Jacobs Solutions wins SHIELD task award to accelerate missile‑defense software

Jacobs wins SHIELD task award to accelerate missile‑defense software

Jacobs Solutions announces it is awarded a task award under the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ vehicle, a contract with a ceiling value of $151 billion that is meant to speed delivery of software‑enabled capabilities for missile defence. The company says the work centers on developing and integrating advanced, scalable solutions across complex, mission‑critical systems and that it will contribute software‑focused capabilities to support secure digital architectures and resilient deployments.

Jacobs frames the award as an opportunity to apply its software mission capabilities — including mission management, advanced data processing, cyber, artificial intelligence and machine learning, edge computing, modeling and simulation, and space engineering — to a broad set of government needs across land, air, maritime and space domains. Executive Vice President Susannah Kerr says the work emphasizes rapid, modular delivery and integration across system‑of‑systems environments, enabling quicker fielding of innovative architectures to meet evolving Missile Defense Agency requirements.

The company expects to compete for and receive task orders spanning research, development, integration, testing and sustainment under the SHIELD IDIQ, leveraging commercial partnerships and modular software architectures to accelerate deployment. Jacobs signals it will apply rigorous cybersecurity practices and digital engineering approaches to meet timelines and compliance requirements while supporting mission assurance for national security infrastructure.

Scale: Jacobs’ cross‑sector reach

Jacobs highlights its capacity to deliver program and lifecycle management across sectors, reporting roughly $12 billion in annual revenue and a workforce of almost 43,000. The firm positions its experience in advanced manufacturing, cities and places, energy, life sciences, transportation and water as complementary to defense systems engineering and sustainment needs.

Outlook, competition and execution risks

Jacobs cautions that actual outcomes depend on timing and funding of task orders and other uncertainties, noting customary forward‑looking statement risks including potential changes to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provisions. The company expects to leverage its cross‑domain expertise to compete for work on SHIELD task orders while navigating the competitive and budgetary environment that shapes U.S. defence procurement.