Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE319

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Expression Networks LLC, a small disadvantaged business, on December 29, 2025, for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This $151 billion contract vehicle, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, requires the contractor to perform work specified in Section C of the solicitation to support multi-domain defense capabilities. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides and will support 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. Work includes capabilities to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

An initial Firm Fixed Price delivery order valued at $500 was issued on December 29, 2025, with performance in Huntsville, Alabama, reflecting the commencement of task order activity under the IDIQ vehicle. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, with individual task and delivery orders potentially utilizing various contract types and pricing arrangements to support Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities in rapidly issuing orders for homeland and deployed force protection. Expression Networks LLC, with core competencies in advanced information technology, data analytics, and artificial intelligence services, is positioned to deliver project and program management, data science, data engineering, software development, and enterprise information management services across this comprehensive multi-year national defense contracting vehicle.