Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE501

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Metamagnetics Inc. on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, issued under full and open competition with no small business set-aside, is designed to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program—a comprehensive, multi-domain defense system intended to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses a broad range of work areas including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The procurement utilizes various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The initial delivery order issued to Metamagnetics under this contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 and extends through December 28, 2035, with a firm fixed-price structure and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. As a veteran-owned small business manufacturer specializing in advanced radio frequency and microwave products for defense and aerospace applications, Metamagnetics brings established expertise in RF filtering technologies, magnetostatic wave resonators, and electromagnetic components that support secure communications and electronic warfare capabilities. The contractor's relevant experience includes development of 1 gigahertz to 18 gigahertz multiplexed auto-tune filters, gyromagnetic non-linear transmission lines, and interface-engineered micro-ferro and nano-ferri composites, complemented by prior delivery orders from the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command and subcontracting relationships with major defense primes including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Leidos.