Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE457

Integrated Defense Applications LLC, doing business as IDA Technology, has been awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency valued at $151 billion through December 28, 2035. This contract, known as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, was awarded on December 29, 2025, with no set-aside designations, allowing full and open competition among qualified contractors. The contract vehicle supports the development, production, and enhancement of advanced multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts targeting air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks.

The initial task order issued under this IDIQ is valued at five hundred dollars as a firm fixed-price delivery order for the SHIELD initial order, with performance occurring in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes, with orders issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This comprehensive contracting mechanism positions the SHIELD IDIQ as a long-term strategic investment enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly acquire multi-layered defense capabilities over the ten-year period of performance.