IonQ Selected to Support Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ Contract
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Insider Brief IonQ was awarded a position on the U.S.
Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, which has a ceiling value of $151 billion. IonQ is one of more than 2,400 companies eligible to compete for future task orders under the SHIELD contract framework. The company said its portfolio spans quantum computing, networking, sensing, and security, alongside subsidiary capabilities in space-based imaging, optical communications, and precision timing. PRESS RELEASE — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) is pleased to announce it was awarded a contract under the Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $151 billion. This contract encompasses a broad range of work areas that allows for the rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility. IonQ is among more than 2,400 companies eligible to compete for future task orders issued under the SHIELD IDIQ contract framework. IonQ delivers a full portfolio of quantum technologies spanning quantum computing, quantum networking, quantum sensing, and quantum security. The company also includes subsidiaries with established capabilities across space-based intelligence, secure communications, and precision timing technologies. IonQ’s subsidiary companies include Capella Space, which provides on-demand, all-weather synthetic aperture radar imagery from space to support data-driven decision-making for operational and security missions; Skyloom, which delivers high-capacity optical communications technologies designed to enable secure, high-speed data transfer between space and ground systems; and Vector Atomic, which develops precision timing and navigation technologies designed to support system performance in GPS-degraded or denied environments. “IonQ brings together a broad set of quantum technologies and supporting capabilities that reflect years of investment across computing, networking, sensing, and security,” said Niccolo de Masi, Chairman and CEO of IonQ. “We look forward to continuing our work with U.S. government partners across a range of research, development, and innovation programs.” Participation in the SHIELD IDIQ contract provides a contractual framework through which IonQ may compete for future task orders, subject to agency requirements, and competitive selection processes. IonQ has a history of supporting U.S. government research and development initiatives, including work with agencies such as DARPA, the U.S.
Air Force Research Laboratory, and organizations across the national security community.
Mohib Ur Rehman LinkedIn Mohib has been tech-savvy since his teens, always tearing things apart to see how they worked. His curiosity for cybersecurity and privacy evolved from tinkering with code and hardware to writing about the hidden layers of digital life. Now, he brings that same analytical curiosity to quantum technologies, exploring how they will shape the next frontier of computing. Share this article: