Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE327

Cydecor Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, and was awarded without set-aside restrictions under full and open competition. The SHIELD IDIQ contract supports the procurement of advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Cydecor will perform work as specified in Section C of the contract, which encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts spanning all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks.

The contract vehicle is structured as a flexible, enterprise-wide mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple industry classifications. Individual orders may be issued at different security classification levels and may require appropriate facility clearances, supporting both classified and unclassified programs. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to deliver comprehensive solutions for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements. As a multiple-award IDIQ vehicle, the contract positions Cydecor to compete alongside other qualified awardees for task orders throughout the 10-year performance period, with pricing and terms to be established through individual task order competitions as work requirements are defined.