Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE161

Maxar Intelligence Inc. has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract valued at $151 billion by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, was issued through full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Under this vehicle, Maxar will provide integrated defense system capabilities encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts. The initial delivery order, valued at $500, was issued on the same date and relates to SHIELD initial order activities, with performance based in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract supports MDA's national defense objectives by procuring advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including threats from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. As a parent organization and established federal contractor with significant expertise in geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery capabilities, Maxar Intelligence serves as one of multiple awardees positioned to deliver rapidly issued orders under this flexible 10-year contracting mechanism that will support MDA and broader Department of Defense requirements for enhanced homeland and force protection capabilities.