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Telesat Government Solutions Wins Spot on U.S. Missile Defense Agency SHIELD Contract

Telesat Government Solutions, the U.S. arm of Canada’s Telesat, has been awarded a position on the Pentagon’s $1.51 billion Missile Defense Agency SHIELD contract, a 10‑year IDIQ program. The win places the company’s upcoming Lightspeed low‑Earth‑orbit (LEO) satellite constellation as a potential high‑speed communications provider in contested military environments. The award validates LEO architecture as a viable, low‑latency alternative to traditional geostationary satellites for tracking and intercepting modern hypersonic and ballistic threats. The SHIELD contract is a core element of the MDA’s Golden Dome missile‑defence strategy.