Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE747

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded to Cherokee Nation Aerospace and Defense, L.L.C. (UEI: UNWMG3NVSPR7) on December 29, 2025, establishes a $151 billion enterprise-wide contracting vehicle with a ceiling value and 10-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. Funded by the Missile Defense Agency, a defense organization within the Department of Defense, this multiple-award IDIQ contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing qualified contractors to compete for delivery orders. The contract is structured to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks.

The scope of work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes and security classification levels. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types to support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial delivery order, issued on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of five hundred dollars with firm fixed price pricing and is set to perform in Huntsville, Alabama. This contract vehicle represents a significant long-term investment positioning the Missile Defense Agency to rapidly issue orders under one flexible contracting mechanism to address the nation's multi-layered defense requirements against evolving air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats.