Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE748

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Outpost Technologies, Inc. on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract has a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, covering a 10-year period of performance. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside designation, enabling the government to award task orders to all qualifying contractors meeting responsibility and technical acceptability standards. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains and will utilize various contract types and pricing arrangements, including firm fixed price delivery orders. The initial task order awarded to Outpost Technologies is valued at $500 with performance to be conducted in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract is designed to deliver continuous, layered protection capabilities against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work areas include disruptive technologies, digital engineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and open systems architectures to support national defense objectives for homeland protection, deployed forces, and allied nations. As a small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Outpost Technologies brings specialized expertise in advanced materials, composite systems, optical components, and aerospace hardware, with a demonstrated track record of federal contract execution across the Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other federal agencies, positioning the company to support the government's multi-layered defense requirements under this enterprise-wide contracting vehicle.