Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE415

Chip Design Systems Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American small business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, valued at $151 billion with a ceiling completion date of December 28, 2035. This Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract encompasses work related to detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. An initial delivery order valued at $500 (firm fixed price) was issued concurrently on December 29, 2025, with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama 35898, establishing the baseline for task order execution under this IDIQ structure.

Leveraging Chip Design Systems' established expertise in infrared Light Emitting Diode (LED) array systems and sensor testing equipment developed through prior Small Business Innovation Research contracts and existing Air Force IDIQ awards, the SHIELD contract enables the Missile Defense Agency to rapidly issue orders across multiple NAICS codes and security classification levels. The contract vehicle is architected to support both classified and unclassified programs, incorporating advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to achieve flexible, scalable national defense capabilities. The 10-year period of performance, consisting of a base ordering period and optional extensions, positions the SHIELD IDIQ as a strategic contracting mechanism for homeland defense modernization, with individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types and pricing arrangements to support both Missile Defense Agency requirements and broader Department of Defense multi-domain defense objectives.