Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE260

Knowledge Management Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, was awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master contract vehicle. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract requires the prime contractor to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with the terms of individual task orders issued under the IDIQ structure.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to support national defense objectives for homeland protection, deployed forces, and allied nations. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes and may operate at different classification levels, supporting both classified and unclassified programs through leveraging of advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This 10-year contract vehicle represents a significant long-term investment in layered defense capabilities and is structured to enable rapid order issuance across the Department of Defense enterprise.