Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE005

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to DRS Training & Control Systems, LLC (doing business as Leonardo DRS Training & Control Systems, LLC), a subsidiary of Italian defense company Leonardo SPA, on December 29, 2025. This contract, valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, which represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense initiative designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple domains including air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats spanning all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract is structured as a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside designations, allowing multiple qualified contractors to compete for awards and enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. The resulting contract will support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. DRS Training & Control Systems, LLC, as an established large business defense contractor with demonstrated expertise in range control, unmanned systems, and advanced defense technologies through its subsidiary structure within Leonardo SPA, is positioned to provide the comprehensive materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support this long-term strategic investment in the nation's layered homeland defense requirements.