Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE771

Meld Manufacturing Corporation, a woman-owned small business specializing in advanced metal manufacturing and additive manufacturing technologies, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $151 billion by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025. The contract, which runs through December 28, 2035, is structured as a flexible Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity vehicle with no set-aside designation and utilizes full and open competition. Under this IDV, Meld Manufacturing and other qualifying contractors will provide comprehensive research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, production, test and evaluation, and technical services in support of the government's multi-domain defense objectives. The contract contractor shall furnish all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to contract performance in accordance with the terms of issued orders.

The underlying requirement supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense program, an enterprise-wide contracting vehicle designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders for an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work areas encompass disruptive technologies, weapon design, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial task order, awarded on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $500 and performance location in Huntsville, Alabama, is structured as a firm fixed price delivery order with the same ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This procurement represents a significant long-term investment positioning the SHIELD contract as a comprehensive contracting solution for national homeland defense capabilities.