The Golden Dome missile-defense project has a lot of money, and contractors have a lot of questions—so many that the Missile Defense Agency has pushed back the deadline to submit proposals for a chunk of its $151 billion pot.

Industry proposals for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense contract vehicle, or SHIELD, were originally due Oct. 10. However, due to “considerable interest” into the up-to-$151 billion, 10-year indefinite-quantity, indefinite-delivery contract, the deadline has been pushed to Oct. 16.

“The solicitation posted on [Sept. 10] generated considerable interest, resulting in over 1,500 questions from industry,” said an Oct. 2 memo from the Missile Defense Agency.

“The questions received were primarily focused on requests for clarification based

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