Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE330

Aitheras LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Rockville, Maryland, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods. As a non-set-aside award utilizing full and open competition, this IDIQ contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue task and delivery orders for advanced multi-domain defense capabilities.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology solutions for an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The contract encompasses work related to ballistic missiles, hypersonic threats, cruise missiles, and advanced aerial attacks threatening United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with order requirements, with resultant task orders potentially issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.