Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE618

Pacific Antenna Systems LLC, a minority-owned and veteran-owned small business based in Camarillo, California, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, and operates under full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The prime contractor is responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support the contract's performance objectives across multiple domains and security classifications.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task orders utilizing various contract types across multiple NAICS codes and security classification levels. This 10-year contracting mechanism is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for comprehensive multi-layered defense capabilities.