Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE280

Avian, LLC has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program by the Missile Defense Agency, a defense agency within the Department of Defense. This contract, valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract vehicle enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue task and delivery orders for advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations.

Work areas under the SHIELD contract encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related activities supporting national defense objectives. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with individual task order requirements. As an employee-owned professional services firm with extensive experience in defense contracting, Avian, LLC brings technical expertise in program management, engineering, logistics, and systems integration to support the government's long-term, multi-layered defense investment strategy.