Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE186

Creative Information Technology, Inc. (CITI) was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, represents a comprehensive, full and open competition procurement vehicle with no set-aside designations. The contract authorizes CITI to provide an extensive range of defense-related products and services including research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple technology domains and classification levels.

The SHIELD IDIQ is structured to support the MDA's multi-domain defense objectives by enabling the development and delivery of advanced defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. CITI's initial delivery order under this contract, valued at five hundred dollars, is designated the SHIELD Initial Order and is located at the Huntsville, Alabama facility, home to the MDA's primary headquarters. The contract vehicle leverages emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified programs. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and may span multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, supporting the government's need for a flexible, rapid ordering mechanism across the nation's layered homeland defense requirements over the ten-year performance period.