Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE277

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Strongbridge LLC and other qualifying contractors on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This $151 billion contract vehicle, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement designed to support national defense objectives through advanced threat detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, including protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight. The procurement utilized full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all responsible contractors demonstrating technically acceptable proposals and fair and reasonable pricing to receive multiple awards under the IDIQ structure.

Strongbridge LLC, a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, was awarded as one of multiple prime contractors on this vehicle. The company will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support SHIELD contract performance in accordance with individual task and delivery orders. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with work potentially conducted at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This IDIQ contract vehicle is designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders supporting the nation's layered defense requirements over the ten-year period of performance.