Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE764

Vector Atomic Inc., a small business quantum technology manufacturer based in Pleasanton, California, has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) valued at $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, titled the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, represents a comprehensive contracting vehicle designed to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside restrictions, allowing the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple delivery orders for research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives. Individual task and delivery orders may be structured using various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with the contract vehicle supporting both classified and unclassified programs requiring appropriate facility clearances and leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

Vector Atomic's initial task order under this contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, is valued at $500 and designated as a firm fixed-price delivery order supporting the SHIELD initial order with performance at the MDA facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Given Vector Atomic's established expertise in quantum-enabled technologies for advanced timing, navigation, and sensing applications—including atomic clocks, inertial measurement units, gravity gradiometers, and photonically-integrated devices—the contractor's role within the SHIELD framework is positioned to provide precision timing and sensing solutions critical to integrated air and missile defense operations. The company's extensive federal contracting history with defense agencies including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Research Laboratory, and the MDA demonstrates its capability to deliver quantum technology solutions that support defense and national security missions across the layered defense architecture contemplated by this comprehensive acquisition vehicle.