Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE694

Axiom Consultants, Inc., an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business and 8(a) Program participant headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) initiative. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition procurement was structured to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders for advanced multi-domain defense capabilities without geographic or set-aside restrictions.

The contract procures a comprehensive range of research, development, engineering, and production services supporting national homeland defense objectives against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. Contracted work encompasses systems engineering, weapon design, prototyping, disruptive technology development, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple classification levels and security domains. Task and delivery orders will be issued utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified defense programs, with individual orders requiring appropriate facility clearances and representing a significant long-term investment in the nation's layered defense capabilities.