Longshot Joins Mettle Ops Team Awarded SHIELD IDIQ Contract, Opening Doors to $151B Missile Defense ProgramALAMEDA, Calif. and DETROIT, Dec. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Longshot, the defense and space technology company pioneering ground-based kinetic launch systems, announced that the Mettle Ops team — of which Longshot is a member — has been awarded a position on the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) flagship Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.
Longshot Secures Testing Facility for Giant Space LauncherAlameda facility supports Longshot’s path toward advanced hypersonic testing and ultra-low-cost, ground-based kinetic launch
