Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE116

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract is a $151 billion, 10-year effort awarded by the Missile Defense Agency to support advanced multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Aegis Aerospace Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Webster, Texas, was selected as one of multiple awardees on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and permits task orders across multiple contract types and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, supporting both classified and unclassified programs at various security classification levels.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses a comprehensive range of work areas including research and development, prototyping of disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract is structured to leverage advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Under the multiple award IDIQ vehicle, all qualifying contractors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals and fair and reasonable pricing are eligible to receive task orders. This contracting mechanism enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue individual orders under a flexible, enterprise-wide framework designed to address the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.