Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE673

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded to Bcubed Engineering Corp on December 29, 2025, represents a $151 billion, 10-year investment by the Missile Defense Agency in advanced multi-domain defense capabilities. This full and open competition contract, with no set-asides, is structured to support national defense objectives through research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization of integrated air and missile defense systems. The contract encompasses work across all phases of threat detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial threats, as well as air, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. Performance is scheduled through December 28, 2035, with the contract vehicle designed to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish layered protection for the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations.

Bcubed Engineering Corp, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia, will execute this contract utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes through task and delivery orders issued by the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, with individual task orders accommodating different classification levels and facility clearance requirements. Bcubed's selection reflects its demonstrated expertise in advanced communications systems integration, signal processing, and complex waveform technologies, developed through prior indefinite delivery vehicles including an $80.13 million Other Transaction contract with Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center supporting the Mobile User Objective System satellite communications program and a $6.6 million Other Transaction contract with United States Special Operations Command awarded in March 2025.