Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE016

Micro Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract, valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a full and open competitive procurement with no set-asides. Under this IDIQ vehicle, Micro Systems, Inc. shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to the performance of task orders issued pursuant to the master contract terms. The contract supports the MDA's national defense objectives by establishing a flexible contracting mechanism to procure advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners.

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses a broad spectrum of research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The contract is structured to support defense against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. Work will be conducted across multiple security classification levels and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders issued under the SHIELD IDIQ will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure capabilities supporting multi-layered defense requirements over the 10-year period of performance.