Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE534

Bennett Aerospace Inc., a small, minority-owned, economically disadvantaged women-owned small business headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025. This contract, part of the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ vehicle, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations and was awarded under unrestricted competition to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals and fair and reasonable pricing. Bennett Aerospace will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support task orders issued under this indefinite delivery vehicle.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract is designed to procure advanced multi-domain defense systems and capabilities to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. Individual task orders will span multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and contract types, supporting both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning the contract as a comprehensive, long-term investment vehicle for the nation's layered defense requirements and enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders through a flexible contracting mechanism.