Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE734

Systems Technology & Research, Inc. (STaR), a woman-owned small business based in Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a $151 billion ceiling value and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support the nation's layered defense requirements against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. STaR will provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to perform work under task orders issued against this IDIQ, with performance primarily located in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under this flexible contracting mechanism.

The SHIELD IDIQ encompasses a broad scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. Individual task and delivery orders issued under this contract vehicle will utilize various contract types and may operate at different security classification levels, supporting both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. An initial delivery order valued at $500 was awarded on the same date, also with a completion date of December 28, 2035. The contract structure leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, positioning this vehicle as a strategic long-term investment in multi-layered homeland and force defense capabilities for the United States and its allies.