Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE471

Equator Corporation, a veteran-owned S corporation based in Leesburg, Virginia, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The contract was issued under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, utilizing the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) vehicle to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The contract encompasses a broad range of activities including research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts, with deliverables structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The initial delivery order issued under this IDIQ, the SHIELD Initial Order, was awarded on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $500 on a firm fixed price basis and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. As the prime contractor, Equator Corporation is responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to execute the contract requirements in accordance with task order specifications. The SHIELD IDIQ represents a significant long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities, designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue multiple delivery orders under a single flexible contract mechanism to address complex, evolving national defense requirements.