Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE060

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Reditus Space, Inc. (UEI: UD8EZQ6G1NN7) for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the flexible IDIQ structure. The government intends to award to all responsible offerors who submit technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing, as specified under Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii). No incumbent contractors were identified at the time of the pre-solicitation notice, indicating this represents a new enterprise-wide contracting vehicle designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a unified mechanism.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The scope of work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. An initial delivery order for the SHIELD program, valued at $500 with a firm fixed-price structure, was awarded on December 29, 2025, with performance to be completed by December 28, 2035. The place of performance is Huntsville, Alabama 35898.