Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE496

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract, awarded to Northern Technologies Group Inc. (UEI: J7FHDGM2HAM8) on December 29, 2025, represents a $151 billion, 10-year federal contract vehicle funded by the Missile Defense Agency to develop and deliver advanced multi-domain defense systems. The contract employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations and authorizes multiple award recipients to compete for task orders through the fourth quarter of 2035. Northern Technologies Group Inc., an SBA-certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business headquartered in Tampa, Florida, was selected as one of the prime contractors to provide comprehensive technical capabilities supporting the government's homeland defense objectives.

Under the SHIELD contract, Northern Technologies Group Inc. and other awarded contractors shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts addressing detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, with individual task and delivery orders issued at varying classification levels and utilizing diverse contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. This enterprise-wide contracting mechanism leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish layered protection capabilities for United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners against emerging and advanced aerial threats.