Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE453

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Persistent Systems LLC and other qualifying contractors for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, valued at $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The SHIELD IDIQ employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals and fair and reasonable pricing to receive awards. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified work across multiple security classification levels and security domains, requiring contractors to maintain appropriate facility clearances to support the anticipated task and delivery orders.

The contract encompasses a broad range of capabilities including research and development, advanced prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types to address threats spanning all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Persistent Systems LLC, a New York-based communications technology company specializing in mobile ad hoc networking systems and tactical wireless solutions, was awarded this indefinite delivery vehicle to support the government's long-term investment in integrated, layered homeland defense capabilities. The contract became effective December 29, 2025, with the final request for proposal anticipated for release in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025.