Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE617

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Morgan 6, LLC, an SBA Certified HUBZone veteran-owned small business, a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) with a $151 billion ceiling value and a 10-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The contract employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualifying contractors to compete for task orders. The award was issued on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, and a draft solicitation released in late July 2025. This IDIQ vehicle supports MDA's mission to develop and sustain an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations.

The SHIELD contract encompasses a comprehensive range of research, development, and operational services including systems engineering, weapon design, prototype development, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract is designed to provide layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types. An initial delivery order valued at $500 (firm fixed price) titled "SHIELD Initial Order" was awarded on December 29, 2025, with performance in Huntsville, Alabama. Morgan 6 is responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to perform contracted work in accordance with delivery order terms.