Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE752

Planet Labs Federal, Inc. was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, designated Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), was awarded on December 29, 2025, on a full and open competition basis with no set-aside utilization. The initial task order, awarded concurrently with the IDIQ vehicle, carries a firm fixed-price value of $500 and is scheduled for completion by December 28, 2035, with performance taking place in Huntsville, Alabama. This IDIQ structure enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue delivery orders across multiple contract types and security classification levels as operational and programmatic requirements evolve.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system architecture capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight. The contract scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. As a commercial satellite imagery provider and geospatial analytics company, Planet Labs Federal's participation in this defense-focused IDIQ vehicle positions the contractor to deliver Earth observation capabilities and related data analytics services that complement the government's layered defense requirements, drawing on the company's established expertise in high-resolution electro-optical satellite imagery and advanced intelligence services demonstrated through its prior federal contracting experience across multiple defense and civilian agencies.