Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE666

Synovix, Inc., operating as Whitespace, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Master IDIQ, represents a full and open competition procurement with no set-aside designations, allowing the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders to qualifying contractors. As a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Synovix brings established capabilities in training, workforce development, and technical services that complement the contract's broader defense objectives. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance under the terms of individual orders issued against this vehicle.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system architecture encompassing research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract addresses national defense priorities by supporting continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles to other advanced aerial attacks. Work will span multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes with resultant orders structured to support both classified and unclassified programs at various security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The flexible IDIQ contracting mechanism enables rapid issuance of individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types to support both the MDA and broader Department of Defense acquisition requirements for homeland defense capabilities.