Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE485

Crest Security Assurance LLC, a certified 8(a) Program Participant and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business headquartered in Woodbridge, Virginia, has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a multi-domain defense initiative designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, and utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract encompasses a comprehensive range of work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued using various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with the initial delivery order awarded at a firm fixed price of $500 with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning it as a comprehensive 10-year contracting solution for the nation's integrated multi-layered defense requirements under the Department of Defense.