Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE156

Vanguard Research, Inc. (UEI: H7FNKM16K1L6) was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on January 21, 2026, with a $151 billion ceiling value and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and represents a 10-year enterprise-wide contracting vehicle designed to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The initial task order, awarded concurrently on January 21, 2026, carries a firm fixed price of $500 and is designated as the SHIELD Initial Order, with performance of work located in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract structure accommodates multiple contract types and pricing arrangements across different security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for classified and unclassified work.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish continuous, layered protection capabilities. Task and delivery orders will be issued across multiple NAICS codes, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure integrated defense solutions under one flexible contracting mechanism without limiting competition to incumbent contractors.