Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE102

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Yaka Solutions, LLC (UEI: X61FEJ4C1SJ8) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and period of performance through December 28, 2035. This Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a comprehensive procurement vehicle designed to support the nation's multi-layered defense strategy against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and advanced aerial attacks. Work will be performed with no set-aside designation under full and open competition, utilizing multiple contract types across various NAICS codes with classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The initial task order issued under this vehicle is the SHIELD Initial Order, a Delivery Order with a ceiling value of $500 (Firm Fixed Price) awarded simultaneously on December 29, 2025, with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama and completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract structure leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to enable rapid order issuance across both classified and unclassified programs. This IDIQ vehicle is structured to support the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities in executing their multi-domain defense requirements through a flexible contracting mechanism that consolidates procurement activities under a single enterprise-wide contract, positioning it as a strategic long-term investment in integrated homeland and force protection capabilities.