Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE114

System Studies & Simulation, Inc. (S3), a woman-owned small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract on December 29, 2025, as part of the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program administered by the Missile Defense Agency. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, and operates under full and open competition with no small business set-aside designation. S3 will provide comprehensive technical and professional services encompassing research and development, systems engineering, prototyping, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to support the development and sustainment of 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.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with individual task and delivery orders issued by the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats, as well as other advanced aerial attacks targeting the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. S3's award as a qualified contractor on this enterprise-wide vehicle positions the company to deliver orders requiring appropriate facility clearances and security domain expertise across the 10-year performance period, building upon its established track record of providing systems engineering, modeling and simulation, and technical analysis services to Department of Defense organizations.