Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE783

Stephenson Stellar Corporation was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract valued at $151 billion by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, represents a comprehensive multi-domain defense procurement vehicle utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract structure enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders across various contract types and security classification levels, including both classified and unclassified programs. Stephenson Stellar Corporation, a Louisiana-based non-profit defense and space manufacturing specialist with established expertise in advanced technology solutions, cybersecurity, and space systems, will serve as one of multiple awardees under this enterprise-wide contracting mechanism.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for an advanced multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support national defense objectives through continuous, layered protection of the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Task and delivery orders will be issued across multiple North American Industrial Classification System codes at varying security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances. As a multiple award vehicle, the contract structure allows the government to rapidly procure specialized engineering services, systems development, technical training, and disruptive technology solutions from qualified contractors, with individual task orders determining specific performance locations and delivery requirements.