Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE506

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Mission Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program on December 29, 2025. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Mission Solutions, as a prime contractor on this vehicle, is positioned to provide systems engineering, software development, program management, and professional services in support of the government's multi-domain defense requirements. The contract structure permits the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders across different contract types and security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for classified program support.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, integrated defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts addressing ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats across all phases of flight. The contract vehicle leverages emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support continuous, layered protection capabilities. Individual task and delivery orders will be issued across multiple NAICS codes and can be executed at various classification levels, establishing a flexible contracting mechanism to rapidly support the nation's multi-layered homeland defense objectives over the 10-year performance period.