Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE466

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $151 billion to Equitus Corporation (doing business as SC2) under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract, awarded December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Equitus Corporation, a small disadvantaged business and veteran-owned entity specializing in autonomous data fabric technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning graph database platforms, will serve as one of multiple prime contractors capable of receiving task orders. The contractor is obligated to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to perform work in accordance with the terms of individual orders issued under the IDIQ contract vehicle.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement supports the nation's multi-domain defense objectives by procuring advanced capabilities for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract structure supports 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 North American Industry Classification System codes and may be issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. This 10-year contracting vehicle is designed to provide the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities with a flexible mechanism to rapidly procure integrated multi-layered defense capabilities and related services to protect United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners.