Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE652

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Oshkosh Defense LLC on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ contract vehicle. This contract, valued at $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035, represents a comprehensive 10-year procurement mechanism designed to support the nation's multi-layered homeland defense objectives. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing the government to issue multiple task and delivery orders for advanced defense system development, research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. Work will encompass detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles across all phases of flight.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with performance requiring appropriate facility clearances and spanning multiple classification levels. Oshkosh Defense, a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation specializing in tactical vehicle manufacturing and defense-related goods and services, was selected as one of multiple award recipients based on demonstrated responsibility, technical acceptability, and fair and reasonable pricing. The contract represents a significant strategic investment positioning the government to rapidly issue orders and modernize the nation's multi-domain defense capabilities through a flexible, enterprise-wide contracting mechanism.