Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE027

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Alaska Aerospace Corporation on December 29, 2025, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive multi-domain defense procurement designed to develop, prototype, test, and produce advanced defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The contract encompasses research and development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives. No set-asides were utilized in this full and open competition, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure, with awards made to all responsible sources submitting technically acceptable proposals at fair and reasonable prices.

Alaska Aerospace Corporation, a state-owned aerospace entity headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, will deliver all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required for contract performance. The initial task order identified carries a nominal ceiling value of $500 with performance in Huntsville, Alabama, utilizing firm fixed-price pricing. Alaska Aerospace brings significant relevant experience through existing Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Missile Defense Agency valued at over $221 million, providing comprehensive launch facility and range support services, mission support, and technical infrastructure at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, and other locations including Guam. The SHIELD contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and open systems architectures, positioning it as the primary contracting mechanism for the agency's multi-layered homeland defense requirements over the decade-long performance period.