Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE511

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Cavu Consulting Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in San Diego, California, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, known as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, was awarded on December 29, 2025, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract supports MDA's national defense objectives by procuring advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles against the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allies.

The scope of work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related activities across multiple classification levels and security domains. The initial task order, awarded December 29, 2025, is valued at $500 (firm fixed price) and pertains to the SHIELD initial order with performance at Huntsville, Alabama. The contract structure enables the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders under a flexible mechanism incorporating advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Cavu Consulting shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance of this requirement in accordance with the contract terms and applicable delivery orders.