HOUSTON, Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a seat on the contract for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple-Award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $151B. This contract encompasses a broad range of work areas that allow for the rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility.

This award underscores KBR’s ability to deliver innovative, mission-ready solutions across land, sea, air, space and cyberspace. With decades of proven systems engineering and integration expertise, KBR is well positioned to accelerate deployment, reduce cost and deliver scalable solutions that strengthen layered defense.

“We are proud to collaborate with the Missile Defense Agency to support its next generation missile defense mission, its critical role under the Golden Dome for America initiative, and other Department of War organizations who also have the ability to utilize this contract for requirements that fall within scope,” said Mark Kavanaugh, President of Defense, Intelligence and Space. “This award highlights KBR’s role as a technology leader and architecture design agent, delivering advanced defense solutions, digital engineering and AI-enabled capabilities that ensure mission success for the warfighter.”

KBR is a trusted solutions provider, combined with the ability to integrate commercial and non-commercial technologies across classified and unclassified domains.

For decades, KBR has pioneered robust systems engineering and integration expertise for major missile defense systems. The company leverages artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, open systems architectures, virtual prototyping, model-based systems engineering and agile processes to accelerate development, fielding and sustainment of advanced capabilities.

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