Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE263

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract represents a comprehensive $151 billion defense procurement awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition multiple-award contract, which carries no set-aside designations, was awarded to Systima Technologies Inc., a small business defense contractor based in Mukilteo, Washington, specializing in advanced aerospace and defense technologies. The contract supports the Missile Defense Agency's mission to develop and deploy multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. An initial task order with a ceiling value of $500 on a firm fixed price basis was issued on the same award date, with performance directed to Huntsville, Alabama 35898.

The SHIELD contract encompasses a broad scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple classification levels and security domains. The contract will support layered protection capabilities against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight, leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under the flexible IDIQ structure for both classified and unclassified programs. The multiple-award structure allows qualifying contractors to compete for delivery orders demonstrating responsible sources, technically acceptable proposals, and fair and reasonable pricing, establishing a centralized contracting vehicle for the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.