Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE710

Akytech Consulting, LLC (doing business as ACL), a Vienna, Virginia-based SBA-certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business and 8(a) Program Participant, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year investment in advanced defense capabilities. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-asides used, making it available to all qualified contractors. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and will utilize various contract types with individual task and delivery orders issued across different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system and associated services designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. The contract leverages emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. ACL's award positions the company to compete for task orders under this government-wide contracting vehicle, enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure professional services and technical solutions in support of national defense objectives.