Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE240

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract was awarded to John H. Northrop & Associates, Inc. (JHNA), a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025. This is a full and open competition contract with no set-asides, structured as a multiple award vehicle with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. Under this contract, JHNA and other qualified contractors will provide comprehensive materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends.

The scope of work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related technical assistance across ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense domains. The contract vehicle supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with resultant orders issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. As a prime contractor under this enterprise-wide contracting mechanism, JHNA can compete for task orders that enable rapid, flexible procurement solutions for the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities pursuing multi-layered defense capabilities.