Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE245

Surface Optics Corporation, a San Diego-based small business manufacturer of specialized optical instrumentation, was awarded a multiple-award indefinite delivery contract under the Missile Defense Agency's Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program on December 29, 2025. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods. The procurement utilized full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete. Under this indefinite delivery vehicle, Surface Optics Corporation will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the government's multi-domain defense objectives, leveraging the company's established expertise in advanced optical technologies and precision measurement systems.

The SHIELD contract aims to procure an integrated, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. Surface Optics Corporation's specific contributions will leverage its core competencies in reflectometers, hyperspectral imaging systems, infrared measurement devices, and specialized optical instrumentation—capabilities historically demonstrated through prior awards from the Air Force Research Laboratory, Naval Air Warfare Center, NASA, and Army Research Development and Engineering Command. Individual task and delivery orders under this IDIQ structure will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may operate at different security classification levels, supporting both classified and unclassified programs leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.