Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE687

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Knight Federal Solutions Inc. with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award IDIQ, was awarded on December 29, 2025, following full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Under this vehicle, Knight Federal Solutions will provide comprehensive materials, labor, equipment, and facilities necessary to support the MDA's multi-domain defense objectives, with individual task and delivery orders to be issued as needed throughout the contract term.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, integrated defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight. Contracted work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with task orders potentially issued at various classification levels supporting both classified and unclassified programs. As a multiple award contract permitting all qualifying responsible sources to receive orders, the SHIELD IDIQ serves as a flexible, comprehensive contracting mechanism enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure layered defense capabilities across multiple functional domains and security classifications throughout the ten-year period of performance.