Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE192

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Silosmashers, Inc., a SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was awarded on January 21, 2026, following a full and open competition with no small business set-aside. The contract vehicle was designed to provide comprehensive multi-domain defense capabilities through a flexible ordering mechanism enabling both the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes.

The SHIELD IDIQ 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 against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all flight phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types and may require appropriate facility clearances depending on classification levels, with the contract serving as a comprehensive contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements over the ten-year period of performance.