Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE228

Axellio Inc. (UEI: WJM2UM6N6R15) has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program by the Missile Defense Agency, a defense-focused federal agency within the Department of Defense. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending from the December 29, 2025 award date through December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside designations, reflecting the government's intent to award multiple qualifying contractors who meet responsibility, technical acceptability, and fair and reasonable pricing criteria. The contract was solicited via a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with an initial due date of September 15, 2025, followed by draft solicitation release in late July 2025 and final Request for Proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all flight phases, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile trajectories. Contractor scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology integration. The work will leverage emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task and delivery orders issued across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and security classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. As a flexible, enterprise-wide contracting mechanism, the SHIELD IDIQ enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders while maintaining support for both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains in service of national defense and homeland protection objectives.