Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE072

Tecolote Research, Inc. has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) initiative, a comprehensive multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. Work under this Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity vehicle encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and allows task orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, contract types, and classification levels to support both classified and unclassified defense programs.

The initial delivery order issued under this contract is the SHIELD Initial Order, awarded on December 29, 2025, with a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. Given Tecolote Research's established expertise in cost estimating, cost analysis, earned value management, program controls, and software development across the defense sector, the company's support under this vehicle is likely to focus on decision support, program management, and technical advisory services rather than direct weapons system development. The contract structure leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a flexible long-term contracting mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure integrated defense capabilities across multiple domains and security classifications.