diff --git a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/README.md b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/README.md
index 0d1575032..2b4fc0682 100644
--- a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/README.md
+++ b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/README.md
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ The blueprint sets up the following key components:
         - `access_end_hour`: End hour (0-23 ET, default: 17)
         - `access_start_day`: Start day (1=Mon, 7=Sun, default: 1)
         - `access_end_day`: End day (1=Mon, 7=Sun, default: 5)
+    - **Model Armor:** Template defined in `model_armor.tf` and optionally configured for the FedRAMP High compliance regime to provide an extra layer of security by filtering user prompts and model responses to conform to responsible AI practices.
 
 4.  **Data Stores:** CMEK-encrypted GCS buckets and BigQuery datasets for Vertex AI Search, managed by the `discovery-engine` module.
 
diff --git a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/deploy.sh b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/deploy.sh
index bcc785a68..b53a67d65 100755
--- a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/deploy.sh
+++ b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/deploy.sh
@@ -1350,6 +1350,28 @@ prompt_gemini_apps() {
             ENABLE_AGENT_SHARING_NO_APPROVAL_FLAG="false"
         fi
 
+        if [[ "$COMPLIANCE_REGIME" == "FEDRAMP_HIGH" || "$COMPLIANCE_REGIME" == "NONE" ]]; then
+            echo ""
+            echo -e "${YELLOW}Model Armor Feature:${NC}"
+            echo -e "${YELLOW}When enabled, Model Armor enhances the security and safety of your AI applications by proactively screening the prompts and responses given by the Gemini Enterprise assistant.${NC}"
+            read -p "Would you like to enable 'Model Armor'? [y/N]: " ENABLE_MODEL_ARMOR
+            if [[ "$ENABLE_MODEL_ARMOR" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+                ENABLE_MODEL_ARMOR_FLAG="true"
+                echo -e "${BLUE}Enabling Model Armor API...${NC}"
+                gcloud services enable modelarmor.googleapis.com
+                echo ""
+                echo -e "${BLUE}--- Model Armor ---${NC}"
+                echo -e "${YELLOW}Model Armor enhances the security and safety of your AI applications by proactively screening the prompts and responses given by the Gemini Enterprise assistant.${NC}"
+                echo ""
+                echo -e "Please review the configuration in: ${BLUE}blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/model_armor.tf${NC}"
+                echo -e "For more information on configuring Model Armor templatees, visit: ${BLUE}https://docs.cloud.google.com/model-armor/manage-templates#create-ma-template${NC}"
+                echo ""
+                read -p "Press Enter to acknowledge and continue..."
+            else
+                ENABLE_MODEL_ARMOR_FLAG="false"
+            fi
+        fi
+
         GCS_KEYS_STR="[$(IFS=,; echo "${SELECTED_GCS_KEYS[*]}")]"
         BQ_KEYS_STR="[$(IFS=,; echo "${SELECTED_BQ_KEYS[*]}")]"
 
@@ -1361,7 +1383,8 @@ prompt_gemini_apps() {
             --argjson agent_sharing "$ENABLE_AGENT_SHARING_FLAG" \
             --argjson agent_sharing_no_approval "$ENABLE_AGENT_SHARING_NO_APPROVAL_FLAG" \
             --argjson audit_logs "$ENABLE_AUDIT_LOGS_FLAG" \
-            '{display_name: $display, company_name: $company, gcs_data_store_keys: $gcs_keys, bq_data_store_keys: $bq_keys, enable_agent_sharing: $agent_sharing, enable_agent_sharing_without_approval: $agent_sharing_no_approval, enable_audit_logs: $audit_logs}')
+            --argjson model_armor "$ENABLE_MODEL_ARMOR_FLAG" \
+            '{display_name: $display, company_name: $company, gcs_data_store_keys: $gcs_keys, bq_data_store_keys: $bq_keys, enable_agent_sharing: $agent_sharing, enable_agent_sharing_without_approval: $agent_sharing_no_approval, enable_audit_logs: $audit_logs, enable_model_armor: $model_armor}')
         
         # Add to the apps map
         APPS_OBJ=$(echo "$APPS_OBJ" | jq --arg key "$ENG_ID" --argjson val "$APP_JSON" '. + {($key): $val}')
@@ -2490,10 +2513,12 @@ deploy_stage_0() {
     echo ""
     echo "Configuring logging and assistant compliance settings for Gemini applications..."
     AUDIT_LOGS_MAP=$(terraform output -json gemini_apps_audit_logs 2>/dev/null || echo "{}")
+    MODEL_ARMOR_MAP=$(terraform output -json gemini_apps_model_armor 2>/dev/null || echo "{}")
+    MODEL_ARMOR_TEMPLATE_NAME=$(terraform output -raw model_armor_template_name 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 
     if [[ -n "$AUDIT_LOGS_MAP" && "$AUDIT_LOGS_MAP" != "{}" ]]; then
         ACCESS_TOKEN=$(gcloud auth print-access-token)
-        while IFS=$'\t' read -r ENG_ID ENABLE_AUDIT ; do
+        while IFS=$'\t' read -r ENG_ID ENABLE_AUDIT ENABLE_MA ; do
             if [[ -n "$ENG_ID" ]]; then
                 # A. Configure Observability Config (Audit Logs)
                 if [[ "$ENABLE_AUDIT" == "true" ]]; then
@@ -2537,6 +2562,14 @@ deploy_stage_0() {
                      MASK="displayName,webGroundingType,defaultWebGroundingToggleOff,disableLocationContext"
                 fi
 
+                if [[ "$ENABLE_MA" == "true" && -n "$MODEL_ARMOR_TEMPLATE_NAME" && "$MODEL_ARMOR_TEMPLATE_NAME" != "null" ]]; then
+                     echo "Enabling Model Armor template for Engine: ${ENG_ID}..."
+                     ASSISTANT_BODY=$(echo "$BASE_JSON" | jq --arg template "$MODEL_ARMOR_TEMPLATE_NAME" '. + {customerPolicy: {modelArmorConfig: {userPromptTemplate: $template, responseTemplate: $template, failureMode: "FAIL_OPEN"}}}')
+                     MASK="${MASK},customerPolicy"
+                else
+                     ASSISTANT_BODY="$BASE_JSON"
+                fi
+
                 curl -s -o /dev/null -X PATCH \
                     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
                     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
diff --git a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/model_armor.tf b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/model_armor.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb212b5ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/model_armor.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+locals {
+  # Create Model Armor if any app has it enabled,
+  # and the compliance regime supports it.
+  create_model_armor = anytrue([for k, v in var.gemini_apps : coalesce(v.enable_model_armor, false)]) && (var.compliance_regime == "FEDRAMP_HIGH" || var.compliance_regime == "NONE")
+}
+
+# Model Armor Template Configuration
+# Complete Reference: https://docs.cloud.google.com/model-armor/reference/rest/v1/projects.locations.templates
+# and https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/modelarmor/latest/google.cloud.modelarmor_v1.types.Template
+
+resource "google_model_armor_template" "model_armor_template" {
+  count       = local.create_model_armor ? 1 : 0
+  project     = var.main_project_id
+  location    = var.geolocation
+  template_id = "${var.prefix}-model-armor-template"
+
+  # Required. Filter configuration for this template.
+  filter_config {
+    # Prompt Injection and Jailbreak Filter Settings
+    pi_and_jailbreak_filter_settings {
+      filter_enforcement = "ENABLED"          # Options: ENABLED, DISABLED, PI_AND_JAILBREAK_FILTER_ENFORCEMENT_UNSPECIFIED
+      confidence_level   = "MEDIUM_AND_ABOVE" # Options: LOW_AND_ABOVE, MEDIUM_AND_ABOVE, HIGH, DETECTION_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_UNSPECIFIED
+    }
+
+    # Malicious URI Filter Settings
+    malicious_uri_filter_settings {
+      filter_enforcement = "ENABLED" # Options: ENABLED, DISABLED, MALICIOUS_URI_FILTER_ENFORCEMENT_UNSPECIFIED
+    }
+
+    # Responsible AI (RAI) Filter Settings
+    rai_settings {
+      rai_filters {
+        filter_type      = "HATE_SPEECH" # Options: SEXUALLY_EXPLICIT, HATE_SPEECH, HARASSMENT, DANGEROUS, RAI_FILTER_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED
+        confidence_level = "MEDIUM_AND_ABOVE"
+      }
+      rai_filters {
+        filter_type      = "HARASSMENT"
+        confidence_level = "MEDIUM_AND_ABOVE"
+      }
+      rai_filters {
+        filter_type      = "SEXUALLY_EXPLICIT"
+        confidence_level = "MEDIUM_AND_ABOVE"
+      }
+      rai_filters {
+        filter_type      = "DANGEROUS"
+        confidence_level = "MEDIUM_AND_ABOVE"
+      }
+    }
+
+    # Sensitive Data Protection (SDP) Settings
+    # Note: You can use either basic_config or advanced_config (mutually exclusive).
+    sdp_settings {
+      # Basic inspection using a fixed set of six info-types.
+      basic_config {
+        filter_enforcement = "ENABLED" # Options: ENABLED, DISABLED, SDP_BASIC_CONFIG_ENFORCEMENT_UNSPECIFIED
+      }
+
+      # To use advanced SDP templates (supporting inspection and de-identification) instead of basic_config,
+      # comment out basic_config above and uncomment advanced_config below:
+      # advanced_config {
+      #   inspect_template    = "projects/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/locations/YOUR_LOCATION/inspectTemplates/YOUR_INSPECT_TEMPLATE_ID"
+      #   deidentify_template = "projects/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/locations/YOUR_LOCATION/deidentifyTemplates/YOUR_DEIDENTIFY_TEMPLATE_ID"
+      # }
+    }
+  }
+
+  # Optional. Metadata and operational settings for this template.
+  template_metadata {
+    # If true, partial detector failures should be ignored.
+    ignore_partial_invocation_failures = false
+
+    # Enforcement type for Model Armor filters.
+    enforcement_type = "INSPECT_AND_BLOCK" # Options: ENFORCEMENT_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED (default, same as INSPECT_AND_BLOCK), INSPECT_ONLY, INSPECT_AND_BLOCK
+
+    # Custom error code and message returned to the end user by service extensions if the user prompt trips filters.
+    custom_prompt_safety_error_code    = 403
+    custom_prompt_safety_error_message = "Your prompt was blocked by security policies."
+
+    # Custom error code and message returned to the end user if the LLM response trips filters.
+    custom_llm_response_safety_error_code    = 403
+    custom_llm_response_safety_error_message = "The generated response was blocked by security policies."
+
+    # Logging configuration for template CRUD operations and sanitization requests.
+    log_template_operations = true
+    log_sanitize_operations = true
+
+    # Multi-language detection settings.
+    multi_language_detection {
+      enable_multi_language_detection = true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/outputs.tf b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/outputs.tf
index f408d2bb1..e26543093 100644
--- a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/outputs.tf
+++ b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/outputs.tf
@@ -155,3 +155,14 @@ output "gemini_apps_audit_logs" {
   value       = { for k, v in var.gemini_apps : google_discovery_engine_search_engine.gemini_enterprise_search_engine[k].engine_id => coalesce(v.enable_audit_logs, false) }
   description = "A map of Engine IDs to their enable_audit_logs configuration."
 }
+
+output "gemini_apps_model_armor" {
+  value       = { for k, v in var.gemini_apps : google_discovery_engine_search_engine.gemini_enterprise_search_engine[k].engine_id => coalesce(v.enable_model_armor, false) }
+  description = "A map of Engine IDs to their enable_model_armor configuration."
+}
+
+output "model_armor_template_name" {
+  value       = local.create_model_armor ? google_model_armor_template.model_armor_template[0].name : null
+  description = "The name of the Model Armor template resource."
+}
+
diff --git a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/terraform.tfvars.sample b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/terraform.tfvars.sample
index 877b9adfb..c28a8520d 100644
--- a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/terraform.tfvars.sample
+++ b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/terraform.tfvars.sample
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ gemini_apps = {
     "bq_data_store_keys": ["bigquery-data-store-name"],
     "enable_agent_sharing": false,
     "enable_agent_sharing_without_approval": false,
-    "enable_audit_logs": false
+    "enable_audit_logs": false,
+    "enable_model_armor": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/variables.tf b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/variables.tf
index 7fc46936b..d9380cfb0 100644
--- a/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/variables.tf
+++ b/blueprints/fedramp-high/gemini-enterprise/gemini-stage-0/variables.tf
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ variable "gemini_apps" {
     enable_agent_sharing                  = optional(bool, false)
     enable_agent_sharing_without_approval = optional(bool, true)
     enable_audit_logs                     = optional(bool, false)
+    enable_model_armor                    = optional(bool, false)
   }))
   default = {}
 }