Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE314

Acquisition Research & Logistics Inc. (ARL) was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with an anticipated ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and employs a multiple award structure that allows qualifying contractors to receive task orders. The contract is designed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks.

The scope of work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and may be classified or unclassified, with work performed at multiple locations including the primary place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The initial delivery order issued under this IDIQ is priced at five hundred dollars on a firm fixed-price basis and covers the SHIELD Initial Order. 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, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting vehicle for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements over the ten-year period.