Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE427

Intelligenesis LLC, a women-owned and veteran-owned small business headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, was awarded a $151 billion multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle, operates under full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Under this IDV, Intelligenesis and other qualifying contractors will provide comprehensive materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support the development and deployment of an advanced, multi-domain defense system 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.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract encompasses an extensive range of work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple NAICS codes and security classification levels. Task and delivery orders issued under this vehicle will utilize various contract types to address ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats, as well as other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This 10-year procurement represents a comprehensive long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities, with individual orders to be issued as requirements are identified by the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities.