Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE213

Cambridge International Systems Inc., a woman-owned, veteran-owned small disadvantaged business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The contract structure supports full and open competition with no set-asides, utilizing multiple contract types and pricing mechanisms across various NAICS codes, with work performance anticipated in Huntsville, Alabama and potentially other locations as determined by individual task and delivery orders.

Work activities under the SHIELD IDIQ encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts addressing ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs at multiple security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. An initial delivery order with a ceiling value of $500 was issued concurrently with the indefinite delivery contract award, establishing Cambridge International Systems Inc. as a prime contractor capable of delivering comprehensive technical solutions across the Missile Defense Agency's multi-layered defense requirements throughout the 10-year performance period.