Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE250

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Penta Research Inc., a small business contractor headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, valued at $151 billion through December 28, 2035. This Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and contemplates awards to all qualifying offerors deemed responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals and fair and reasonable pricing. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related services supporting multi-domain defense capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ vehicle, Penta Research will provide advanced technical services across classified and unclassified programs leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract structure supports both the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities in rapidly issuing task and delivery orders across multiple NAICS codes at varying security classification levels. Individual orders will utilize diverse contract types, requiring contractors to maintain appropriate facility clearances and security infrastructure. This 10-year enterprise-wide contracting mechanism positions the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive solution enabling the federal government to procure sophisticated technological capabilities necessary for homeland and expeditionary defense operations while maintaining flexibility to address emerging and evolving threats through structured ordering procedures.