By THE ALASKA STORY
Ahtna Diversified Holdings, a subsidiary of Ahtna, Inc., has been selected by the US Missile Defense Agency for participation in the agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense program, known as SHIELD, a massive contracting vehicle designed to speed new “Golden Dome” missile defense capabilities to the field.
The Ahtna/Qualis joint venture has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under SHIELD, with a ceiling value of $151 billion. However, the award does not represent guaranteed funding at that level, but rather qualifies the joint venture to compete for future task orders as the Missile Defense Agency rolls out its latest projects.
Ahtna Logistics also received an award under the SHIELD program, ADH said, joining a pool of more than 1,000 companies eligible to bid on upcoming work that relates to the Golden Dome missile defense project of President Donald Trump.
The SHIELD contract is structured to give the Pentagon greater flexibility and speed in developing and deploying innovative layered defense systems, allowing rapid delivery of technology and support services to the warfighter.
For Alaska, the award highlights the growing footprint of Alaska Native corporations in national defense contracting — positioning Ahtna’s subsidiaries and partners for potential future work as the federal government expands its missile defense posture.
The joint venture’s selection means it can now pursue task orders that would not otherwise be accessible.
2 thoughts on “Ahtna subsidiaries chosen for defense contract eligibility for ‘Golden Dome’”
So Ahtna puts their name on it along with a minimal executive presence, and gets free percentages on contracts while Qualis does the actual engineering, testing, delivery.
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But I’m just spitballing…
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https://www.washingtontechnology.com/companies/2026/02/qualis-joins-forces-two-other-space-missile-defense-firms/411221/
Why was this particular entity chosen?
Why are they being given an extremely large contract to enable them to qualify for future task orders vs other companies?
What is their experience and expertise in building golden domes? Are there a lot of native golden dome builders?
What is the return on investment for
taxpayers? What are taxpayers on the hook for if performance, delivery aren’t adequate?
Why does it look like a way to skim off money for the benefit of this entity, those involved, and farm out actual work to others through them?