Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE553

Essnova Solutions, Inc., a small, minority-owned business headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, and certified as both an 8(a) Program Participant and a HUBZone firm, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) master IDIQ. The contract, which carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035, was issued without set-aside restrictions under full and open competition, allowing MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders across multiple functional domains and security classification levels. The contracting vehicle is structured to support comprehensive research, development, prototyping, systems engineering, production, testing, and cybersecurity efforts across classified and unclassified programs utilizing advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract requires the contractor to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support MDA's multi-layered defense mission, which encompasses detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. Individual task and delivery orders will address work across multiple NAICS codes and may require facility clearances appropriate to classification levels, enabling MDA to leverage this flexible contracting mechanism for sustained investment in national defense capabilities. Essnova's selection as a multiple-award contractor reflects its demonstrated expertise in delivering technology solutions, professional services, and programmatic support across defense and civilian sectors, positioning the firm to contribute to the nation's comprehensive homeland and missile defense requirements through the 10-year period of performance.