Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE206

Aviation & Missile Solutions, LLC (AMS), a small business defense contractor headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $151 billion Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, as part of the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple award contract vehicle. This indefinite delivery contract, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, represents a 10-year enterprise-wide contracting mechanism structured to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements across both classified and unclassified programs. The procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, and AMS was selected as one of multiple award recipients based on technical acceptability, responsibility, and fair and reasonable pricing under Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii) criteria. The contractor is responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to contract performance.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract encompasses a comprehensive scope of work in air and missile defense modernization, including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract vehicle is designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders supporting continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Individual task orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with performance extending across multiple security classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The solicitation, which was posted on May 21, 2025, with a due date of September 15, 2025, indicates that the resultant contract is structured to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support national defense objectives for homeland and deployed force protection.