Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE316

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Nexagen Networks, Inc., an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business headquartered in Wall Township, New Jersey, on December 29, 2025. Valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside restrictions. The contract will be performed under Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity terms, allowing the government to issue multiple task and delivery orders across various contract types and pricing arrangements. As a multiple award IDIQ, the contract is structured to enable rapid procurement of solutions supporting national defense objectives while maintaining flexibility to address evolving requirements.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system and associated capabilities designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts spanning multiple security classifications and facility clearance levels. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task orders utilizing multiple NAICS codes and contract types to support both classified and unclassified programs. This comprehensive 10-year contracting vehicle positions the government to execute flexible, responsive procurement strategies while enabling the prime contractor to compete for orders supporting multi-layered defense requirements across the Department of Defense enterprise.