Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE291

Aviation Training Consulting, LLC, a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Altus, Oklahoma, has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, following award on December 29, 2025. This full and open competition vehicle includes no set-aside designations and is structured to support both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains, with individual task and delivery orders to be issued at varying classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contract is designed to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures in support of national defense objectives.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract supports continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work will be performed across multiple NAICS codes utilizing various contract types, with the contract vehicle serving as a comprehensive, long-term contracting solution enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders over the 10-year performance period consisting of a base ordering period and one or more optional ordering periods.