IonQ Lands $151B SHIELD Contract, Expands Quantum Defense Footprint

IonQ was awarded a contract under the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD IDIQ program with a ceiling of $151 billion, allowing it to compete for future task orders as part of a broad U.S. defense and quantum‑tech initiative. The company offers quantum computing, networking, sensing, and security, and its subsidiaries Capella Space, Skyloom, and Vector Atomic support space-based imagery, secure communications, and timing tech, placing IonQ among about 2,400 eligible vendors for government work.