Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE272

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to Bechtel National, Inc. on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This $151 billion contract, with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside provisions, allowing the government to issue task orders across multiple contract types and classification levels. The procurement encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts supporting a multi-domain defense system. Work areas include detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners, with coverage across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to deliver layered protection capabilities. Individual task and delivery orders will span multiple NAICS codes and security domains, with some work requiring appropriate facility clearances for classified programs. Bechtel National, as a subsidiary of Bechtel Corporation with extensive experience in complex infrastructure and engineering projects for federal defense and civilian agencies, will serve as the prime contractor responsible for fulfilling work specified under the contract's ordering periods. This contracting vehicle is designed to provide the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities with flexible, rapid-ordering mechanisms to support long-term national defense and homeland security objectives through a comprehensive, multi-layered defense acquisition strategy.