Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE778

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to Sophinea Corp on December 29, 2025, for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract employs full and open competition with no set-asides and permits the government to issue task and delivery orders for various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. The prime contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required for performance, with individual orders potentially classified at different security levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts addressing ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles as well as other advanced aerial attacks across all phases of flight. The contract leverages emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified programs. As a comprehensive, long-term contracting vehicle, the SHIELD IDIQ enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders supporting the nation's multi-layered defense requirements over the ten-year performance period.