Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE743

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Patriots International, LLC, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract, awarded December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, and operates under full and open competition with no set-asides. Under this contract vehicle, Patriots International is responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support advanced multi-domain defense system development and deployment. The initial task order, awarded on the same date with a firm fixed price ceiling of five hundred dollars, establishes the baseline for subsequent orders to be issued under the IDIQ structure, with primary performance directed to Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD contract procurement supports national defense objectives by procuring an integrated, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. Contract work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technology development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The procurement leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with the contract structure supporting both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and security clearance levels. This ten-year ordering vehicle positions the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue delivery orders for integrated homeland and force protection capabilities under a single flexible contract framework.