Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE320

Unmanned Systems Incorporated, doing business as Albers Aerospace, has been awarded a $151 billion multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), is structured to provide comprehensive multi-domain defense system capabilities spanning research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract supports national defense objectives through advanced technological solutions capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work encompasses disruptive technologies and modernization initiatives leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. No set-aside was utilized, and the contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted May 21, 2025, with a due date of September 15, 2025.

The initial task order issued under this IDIQ contract is the SHIELD Initial Order, a firm fixed-price delivery order valued at five hundred dollars with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. As a multiple-award vehicle structured to enable rapid ordering and flexible competition, the contract allows the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue individual task orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and classification levels. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required for contract performance. Albers Aerospace, a veteran-owned small business based in McKinney, Texas, brings extensive federal contracting experience in unmanned systems, advanced technology integration, and defense sector work, positioning it to support MDA's long-term multi-layered defense strategy through this significant 10-year ordering vehicle.