Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE395

Akira Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Washington, D.C., was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system 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. The procurement was issued under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing the contract to be structured as a flexible ordering vehicle supporting both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and classification levels. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, individual task and delivery orders will be issued across multiple NAICS codes and contract types to support national defense objectives. The initial delivery order issued to Akira Technologies on December 29, 2025, for the SHIELD program has a ceiling value of five hundred dollars and is priced on a Firm Fixed Price basis, with performance to be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama. As a prime contractor, Akira Technologies is required to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance in accordance with order terms. The contract represents a significant long-term strategic investment positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting solution enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under one flexible mechanism to address the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.